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Abilene (pronounced / ˈ æ b ɪ l iː n /) is a city in and the county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,460. It is home of The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and the Greyhound Hall of Fame.
Abilene, city, seat (1861) of Dickinson county, east-central Kansas, U.S. The city lies along the Smoky Hill River. Settled in 1858 and known as Mud Creek, it was named about 1860 for the biblical Abilene (which means “grassy plain”). Development was slow until Joseph McCoy, a cattle entrepreneur.
Abilene, Kansas is titled Best Small Town by Smithsonian Magazine, known for the Brookville Hotel fried chicken, and is proud of it's historic roots with the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Boyhood Home.
Abilene, Kansas, home of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, voted best small town to visit for the third year in a row! Best Kansas Attraction - USA Today Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum - Meet Ike & Mamie again... for the first time!
Abilene, Kansas, in Dickinson County, was located on the Smoky Hill River’s north bank, about 95 miles west of Topeka, Kansas. It is the county seat and largest city of Dickinson County. Though best known as the Queen of Kansas Cowtowns, Abilene already existed for a decade before the cattle drives arrived.
Get a taste of the Old West and enjoy can-can dancers and gunfights during the summer travel season. Old Abilene Town also hosts Chisholm Trail Days during Labor Day weekend. Enjoy a live cattle... Read more.
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