Abilene (pronounced /ˈæbɪliË n/) is a city in and the county seat
of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the
city population was 6,844. The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential
Library and Museum is in Abilene. Abilene is also the home of the
Greyhound Hall of Fame .In 1803, most of modern 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. state.In 1857, Dickinson County was founded. Abilene began as a
stage coach stop in the same year, established by Timothy Hersey and
named Mud Creek. It wasn't until 1860 that it was named 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. In the same year, Joseph G. McCoy purchased 250 acres
of land north and east of Abilene, on which he built a hotel, the
Drover's Cottage, stockyards equipped for 2,000 heads of cattle, and a
stable for their horses. The Kansas Pacific put in a spur line at
Abilene that enabled the cattle cars to be loaded and sent on to their
destinations. The first twenty carloads left September 5, 1867, en
route to Chicago, Illinois, where McCoy was familiar with the market.
The town grew quickly and became the first "cow town" of the west. Abilene, Kansas Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter