Do you know of Abilene ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Abilene. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Abilene.

Our sources for Abilene (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Abilene other than they indicate that Abilene would be found somewhere in Saline County, Arkansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1911.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Abilene ...

We found six communities that share the name Abilene.

Within Arkansas, the name Abilene is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, five are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alberta
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Abilene.
  • California
    • Tulare County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Abilene [Tulare County].
  • Georgia
    • Carroll County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Abilene [Carroll County].
  • Kansas
    • Dickinson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Abilene [Dickinson County].
  • Texas
    • Taylor County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Abilene [Taylor County].
  • Virginia
    • Charlotte County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Abilene [Charlotte County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Abilene ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Abilene:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Abilene - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map (1909)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Saline County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Saline County.