Abilene, Kansas Abilene, Kansas Aerial view of Abilene (2013) Aerial view of Abilene (2013) Location inside Dickinson County and Kansas Location inside Dickinson County and Kansas State Kansas Abilene (pronounced / b li n/) is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 6,844. The Dwight D.
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum is positioned in Abilene.
Currently t shop for Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad (2010) 1915 Railroad Map of Dickinson County In 1803, most of undivided Kansas was secured by the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S.
Abilene began as a stage coach stop in the same year, established by Timothy Hersey and titled Mud Creek.
It wasn't until 1860 that it was titled Abilene, from a passage in the Bible (Luke 3:1), meaning "city of the plains". In 1867, the Kansas Pacific Railway (Union Pacific) pushed westward through Abilene.
Mc - Coy purchased 250 acres of territory north and east of Abilene, on which he assembled a hotel, the Drover's Cottage, demolished equipped for 2,000 heads of cattle, and a stable for their horses.
The Kansas Pacific put in a switch at Abilene that enabled the cattle cars to be loaded and sent on to their destinations.
From 1867 to 1871, the Chisholm Trail ended in Abilene, bringing in many travelers and making Abilene one of the wildest suburbs in the west. The demolished shipped 35,000 head in 1867 and became the biggest demolished west of Kansas City, Kansas.
In 1871, more than 5,000 cowboys herded from 600,000 to 700,000 cows to Abilene and other Kansas railheads. Another origin reports 440,200 head of cattle were shipped out of Abilene from 1867 to 1871. As barns s were assembled further south, the end of the Chisholm Trail was slowly moved south towards Caldwell, while as Kansas homesteaders moved the trail west towards and past Ellsworth.
Town marshal Tom "Bear River" Smith was initially prosperous policing Abilene, often using only his bare hands.
In 1887, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway assembled a branch line from Neva (3 miles west of Strong City) through Abilene to Superior, Nebraska.
Abilene became home to Dwight D.
Eisenhower when his family moved to Abilene from Denison, Texas in 1892.
Eisenhower attended elementary school through high school in Abilene, graduating in 1909.
2005 KDOT Map of Dickinson County (map legend) Abilene is positioned at 38 55 11 N 97 13 2 W (38.919721, 97.217329) at an altitude of 1,155 feet (352 m). The town/city lies on the north side of the Smoky Hill River in the Flint Hills region of the Great Plains. Mud Creek, a tributary of the Smoky Hill, flows south through the city. Located in north-central Kansas at the intersection of Interstate 70 and K-15, Abilene is approximately 27 mi (43 km) east of Salina, Kansas, 94 mi (151 km) north of Wichita, and 139 mi (224 km) west of Kansas City. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.68 square miles (12.12 km2), all of it land. Lying in the transition zone between North America's humid subtropical climate (Koppen Cfa) and humid continental climate (Koppen Dfa) zones, Abilene experiences hot, humid summers and cold, dry winters.
Over the course of a year, temperatures range from an average low below 20 F ( 7 C) in January to an average high of nearly 95 F (35 C) in July.
The maximum temperature reaches 90 F (32 C) an average of 66 days per year and reaches 100 F (38 C) an average of 14 days per year.
The region receives nearly 33 inches (840 mm) of rain amid an average year with the biggest share being received in May and June which when combined average 19 days of calculable precipitation.
Measurable snow flurry occurs an average of 7 days per year with at least an inch of snow being received on five of those days.
Snow depth of at least an inch occurs an average of 8 days per year. The hottest temperature recorded in Abilene was 113 F (45 C) in 1954; the coldest temperature recorded was 24 F ( 31 C) in 1989. Climate data for Abilene, Kansas Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 2.3 1.7 0.8 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.4 1.9 7.3 Abilene remains a cattle yard town, which is still loaded onto the rail system, along with grain and other crops. In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.7% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Abilene is part of Unified School District 435. Route 40 run concurrently east west immediately north of Abilene, intersecting highway K-15, which runs north south through the city. Abilene Municipal Airport is positioned on the city's southwest side.
The Kansas Pacific (KP) line of the Union Pacific Railroad runs east west through the city. It intersects a BNSF Railway line which enters the town/city from the east and then turns north. Abilene has one daily newspaper, The Abilene Reflector-Chronicle. The following airways broadcasts are licensed to Abilene: 1560 KABI Adult Standards/MOR Abilene, Kansas - 94.1 K231 - AW Religious Abilene, Kansas AFR; Translator of KAKA, Salina, Kansas 98.5 KSAJ-FM Oldies Abilene, Kansas Broadcasts from Salina, Kansas Abilene is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas tv market. Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad - A tourist barns based out of the old Rock Island train depot in Old Abilene Town; it hauls passengers between Abilene and Enterprise. Heritage Center of Dickinson County - Two exhibitions including the Historical Museum and the Museum of Independent Telephony.
Old Abilene Town - Constructed as a replica historic district, beginning in the late 1950s, it includes a several original buildings that have been moved from their initial locations. Kansas Historical Marker - Historic Abilene, on south Sixth Street. Cowboy-era Abilene is the fictional setting for the Randolph Scott-starring 1946 film Abilene Town, which in turn became the inspiration behind the 1963 hit song "Abilene" recorded by George Hamilton l - V.
See also: List of citizens from Dickinson County, Kansas Old West figures who lived in Abilene amid its reconstructionas a cowtown encompassed Wild Bill Hickok, cattle baron Joseph Mc - Coy, gambler Phil Coe, marshal Tom "Bear River" Smith, gunfighters Pat Desmond, Thomas J.
Eisenhower interval up in Abilene as did his brothers Edgar, Earl, and Milton. President Eisenhower is buried in Abilene, along with his wife Mamie and their eldest son Doud, on the grounds of his presidential library. Other notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Abilene include: Kansas portal National Register of Historic Places listings in Dickinson County, Kansas Abilene High School Abilene Trail Abilene, Texas See also: List of books about Dickinson County, Kansas Guide Map of the Best and Shortest Cattle Trail to the Kansas Pacific Railway; Kansas Pacific Railway Company; 1875.
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