Abilene may refer to:

Places

United States

Abilene, Kansas Abilene (pronounced ) is a city in and the county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,460. It is home of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Libra ...

Abilene, Texas Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor County, Texas, Taylor and Jones County, Texas, Jones counties, Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan ar ...

Abilene, Texas metropolitan area The Abilene metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan statistical area in West Texas, west-central Texas that covers three counties—Taylor County, Texas, Taylor, Jones County, Texas, Jones, and Callahan County, Texas, Callahan. As of the ...

Abilene State Park Abilene State Park is a state park next to Lake Abilene about southwest of Abilene, Texas on FM 89. The park opened on May 10, 1934 and is managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. History The presence of humans in Abilene State Pa ...

, near Abilene, Texas * Abilene Trail, from Texas to Abilene, Kansas, used in the 19th century

Elsewhere

Abilene (ancient) Abilene () or simply Abila () was a plain, a district in Coele-Syria, of which the chief town was Abila Lysaniou (Ἄβιλα Λυσανίου). The limits of this region are nowhere exactly defined, but it seems to have included the eastern slopes ...

, a plain in Syria on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon mountain range * Abilene, Alberta, Canada

Films

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Abilene Town ''Abilene Town'' is a 1946 American Western film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming and Lloyd Bridges. Adapted from Ernest Haycox's 1941 novel ''Trail Town'', the production ...

'', a 1946 western film starring Randolph Scott * '' Gunfighters of Abilene'', a 1960 film starring Buster Crabbe * ''

Gunfight in Abilene ''Gunfight in Abilene'' is a 1967 American Western film starring Bobby Darin in a non-singing role. It is the second film based on the short story "Gun Shy" by Clarence Upson Young, the first being '' Showdown at Abilene'' (1956), starring Jock ...

'', a 1967 western film starring Bobby Darin and Leslie Nielsen * ''Abilene'' (film), a 1999 drama film starring Ernest Borgnine

Military

Operation Abilene (1966) The Battle of Xa Cam My was fought over two days from April 11–12, 1966, south of the village of Cam My in Phuoc Tuy Province, during the Vietnam War. Originally planned as a U.S. search and destroy mission intended to lure out the crack Viet ...

, a joint US-Australian military operation in 1966 during the Vietnam War *

Operation Abilene (2003) This is a list of coalition military operations of the Iraq War, undertaken by Multi-National Force – Iraq. The list covers operations from 2003 until December 2011. For later operations, see American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–prese ...

, a US military operation in Al Anbar province in 2003 during the Iraq War * USS ''Abilene'' (PF-58), a 1943 Tacoma-class US navy frigate named after Abilene, Kansas *

Abilene Trophy The Abilene Trophy is awarded annually to the community in Air Mobility Command that is most supportive of its local Air Force Base. Formally known as the Air Mobility Command Community Support Award, it has been awarded since its establishment i ...

, awarded annually to the community in Air Mobility Command

Other uses

Abilene Christian University Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Private university, private Christian research university in Abilene, Texas, United States. It is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as an R2 (High Research Spending and Doctorate Production) institutio ...

. Abilene, Texas *

Abilene Network Abilene Network was a high-performance backbone network created by the Internet2 community in the late 1990s. In 2007 the Abilene Network was retired and the upgraded network became known as the "Internet2 Network". History One of the aims of th ...

, the American national academic backbone network *

Abilene paradox The Abilene paradox is a collective fallacy, in which a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of most or all individuals in the group, while each individual believes it to be aligned with the ...

, a form of dysfunctional group dynamics * "Abilene" (song), a 1963 song recorded by George Hamilton IV *

Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad (A&SV) is a non-profit heritage railway located in Abilene, Kansas, United States. The A&SV is an experiential learning museum, where tourists ride on a train of vintage railcars while narrators tell the story ...

, in Abilene, Kansas *

Abilene and Southern Railway The Abilene and Southern Railway was a railroad company that existed from 1909 to 1978 and was eventually taken over by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. History The Abilene and Southern Railway Company was founded on January 13, 1909, in Abilene ...