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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Abilene, Texas, Impact, Texas, Trent, Texas, Potosi, Texas, Merkel, Texas, Lawn, Texas, Tuscola, Texas, Buffalo Gap, Texas, Tye, Texas, Abilene Christian University, Dyess Air Force Base, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene Zoological Gardens, Area code 325, Abilene Independent School District, McMurry University, Wylie, Taylor County, Texas, Wylie Independent School District, Abilene Christian University College of Arts and Sciences, Caps, Texas, Shades of Hope Treatment Center, View, Texas, Abilene metropolitan area, Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center, Ovalo, Texas, Jim Ned Consolidated Independent School District, Blackwell Consolidated Independent School District, Camp Barkeley, Buffalo Gap Wind Farm, Abilene State Park, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy Abilene Campus, Trent Independent School District, First Presbyterian Church, Texas Tech University at Abilene, Clyde Consolidated Independent School District, Winters Independent School District, Eula Independent School District, Merkel Independent School District, Castle Peak. Excerpt: Abilene ( - -leen) is a city in Taylor and Jones counties in west central Texas. The population was 117,063 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2006 estimated population of 158,063. It is the county seat of Taylor County. Dyess Air Force Base is located on the west side of the city. Abilene is located off Interstate 20, between exits 279 on its western edge and 292 on the east. Abilene is 150 miles (240 km) west of Fort Worth, Texas. The city is looped by I-20 to the north, US 83/84 on the west, and Loop 322 to the east. A railroad divides the city down the center into north and south. The historic downtown area is on the north side of the railroad. The fastest-growing sections of the ci...