abilene

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Abilene
    n 1: a city in central Texas
    2: a town in central Kansas to the west of Topeka; home of
       Dwight D. Eisenhower
    
from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Abilene
a plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon
range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which
stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and
Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter.
Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province.
    
from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Abilene, the father of mourning
    
from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Abilene, KS (city, FIPS 125)
  Location: 38.91996 N, 97.22196 W
  Population (1990): 6242 (2856 housing units)
  Area: 9.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 67410
Abilene, TX (city, FIPS 1000)
  Location: 32.45450 N, 99.73897 W
  Population (1990): 106654 (44436 housing units)
  Area: 267.0 sq km (land), 14.2 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 79601, 79602, 79603, 79605, 79606
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Abilene, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
   Population (2000):    6543
   Housing Units (2000): 3104
   Land area (2000):     4.128864 sq. miles (10.693709 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.128864 sq. miles (10.693709 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            00125
   Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
   Location:             38.919721 N, 97.217329 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     67410
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Abilene, KS
    Abilene
    
from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Abilene, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    115930
   Housing Units (2000): 45618
   Land area (2000):     105.131329 sq. miles (272.288881 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    5.478724 sq. miles (14.189829 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    110.610053 sq. miles (286.478710 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            01000
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             32.446425 N, 99.745482 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     79601 79602 79603 79605 79606
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Abilene, TX
    Abilene
    

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