Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Abilene came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Abilene in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Abilene. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Abilene data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Abilene:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

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

We found Abilene in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Abilene for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Abilene. See our Misc Page for Abilene for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Abilene:

Abilene was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

The Texas & Pacific Railroad Employees' Time Table #49 (May 1939)