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Abilene Reporter-News downtown office. Abilene Reporter-News is a daily newspaper based in Abilene, Texas, United States. The newspaper started publishing as the weekly Abilene Reporter, helmed by Charles Edwin Gilbert, on June 17, 1881, just three months after Abilene was founded. It is hence the oldest continuous business in the city.
Elmwood Memorial Park is a cemetery located in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, United States. It has in excess of 30,000 interments. It has in excess of 30,000 interments. The first burials at this cemetery took place in 1946.
Abilene (/ ˈ æ b ɪ l iː n / AB-i-leen) is a city in Taylor and Jones counties, Texas, United States.Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census. [9] It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statistical area, which had a population of 176,579 as of 2020. [10]
Hamlin is located in northwestern Jones County. The city limits extend west into Fisher County, although no people lived in this portion as of 2010. [7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.3 square miles (13.7 km 2), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2), or 0.20%, is covered by water.
He founded a private legal practice in Abilene in 1956 and retired from his firm in 1988. Between 1959 and 1979, Tippen was a trustee of Hardin–Simmons University. This stint included seven years as chairman of the board of trustees. In June 1972, Tippen won a special election for District 24 of the Texas Senate, and replaced David Ratliff in ...
The mayor of Abilene, Theodore Henry, sent for Smith in late 1869, who came highly recommended due to a reputation he had built while working alongside lawman Pat Desmond in Kit Carson, Colorado. Smith was also commissioned as a deputy US marshal , and was insistent that he could police Abilene using his hands rather than using guns.
Mall of Abilene is an enclosed shopping mall in Abilene, Texas. It is located in the south side of the city, at the southwest corner of Buffalo Gap Road and US 83/84 (Winters Freeway). It is located in the south side of the city, at the southwest corner of Buffalo Gap Road and US 83/84 (Winters Freeway).
The district serves the cities of Abilene and Impact in northeastern Taylor County, [4] as well as most of the portion of Abilene that lies in southeastern Jones County. [5] As of the 2009-10 school year, AISD enrolled 17,016 students in 2 High Schools, 2 Magnet High Schools, 4 Middle Schools, 15 Elementary Schools and numerous special and ...