Dickinson County, Kansas

E33015
county county in Kansas

Dickinson County, Kansas is a central Kansas county best known for including the historic cattle town of Abilene, once a major terminus of the Chisholm Trail.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county ⓘ
county in Kansas ⓘ
borderedBy Clay County, Kansas ⓘ
Geary County, Kansas ⓘ
Marion County, Kansas ⓘ
McPherson County, Kansas ⓘ
Morris County, Kansas ⓘ
Saline County, Kansas ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
contains Abilene, Kansas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Abilene, Kansas

Chapman, Kansas ⓘ
Enterprise, Kansas ⓘ
Herington, Kansas ⓘ
Solomon, Kansas ⓘ
Woodbine, Kansas ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countySeat Abilene, Kansas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Abilene, Kansas
economy agriculture ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
established February 20, 1857 ⓘ
FIPSCode 20-041 ⓘ
GNISID 0470370 ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasAttraction Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home ⓘ
surface form: Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum (in Abilene)

Downtown Abilene historic area ⓘ
surface form: Old Abilene Town historic site

Seelye Mansion ⓘ
surface form: Seelye Mansion (Abilene)
hasCountySeatWithRole Abilene, major Chisholm Trail railhead ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction railroad shipping center for cattle ⓘ
historicalRole terminus of Texas cattle drives via the Chisholm Trail ⓘ
knownFor historic cattle town of Abilene ⓘ
terminus of the Chisholm Trail ⓘ
largestCity Abilene, Kansas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Abilene, Kansas
locatedIn Kansas ⓘ
central Kansas ⓘ
locatedOn Smoky Hills region of Kansas ⓘ
surface form: Smoky Hill River (region)
namedAfterOccupation Daniel S. Dickinson ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Senator Daniel S. Dickinson
namedFor Daniel S. Dickinson ⓘ
partOf Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: United States Great Plains
region Flint Hills ⓘ
surface form: Flint Hills region
seat Abilene, Kansas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Abilene, Kansas
state Kansas ⓘ
subdivisionOf Kansas legislative districts ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
traversedBy Interstate 70 ⓘ
U.S. Route 56 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 77 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abilene, Kansas, United States → county → Dickinson County, Kansas ⓘ
Smoky Hill River (nearby waterway) → flowsThrough → Dickinson County, Kansas ⓘ
subject surface form: Smoky Hill River
Downtown Abilene historic area → locatedIn → Dickinson County, Kansas ⓘ
Abilene, Kansas, United States → partOf → Dickinson County, Kansas ⓘ
Seelye Mansion → region → Dickinson County, Kansas ⓘ