Abilene, Texas

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The city of Abilene is located in Taylor County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Abilene lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
Impact	39	N	3 mi [4.83 km]
Tye	1,143	W	8 mi [12.87 km]
Potosi	1,664	SE	9 mi [14.48 km]
Buffalo Gap	449	SW	12 mi [19.31 km]
Hawley	580	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]

To learn about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Abilene Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Abilene had a population of 115,930 people. This represented 0.55% of the total population of Texas, making it the state's 19th most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2007, Abilene had a population of 116,219 people. This is an increase of 0.25% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Abilene).

Abilene is 1,710 feet [521.21 m] above sea level.^<3>

Official Website:   www.abilenetx.com/

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Abilene. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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