Abilene, Kansas, United States

E4494

city municipality

Abilene, Kansas, United States is a small Midwestern city best known as the boyhood home and final resting place of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the site of his presidential library and museum.

Aliases (2)

Abilene, Kansas ×17
Old Abilene Town ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
areaCode	785 →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	United States →
county	Dickinson County, Kansas →
economicActivity	agriculture-based economy → tourism related to Eisenhower Presidential Center →
elevation	approximately 1,150 feet above sea level →
founded	1857 →
governedBy	city commission form of government →
hasHighway	Interstate 70 → Kansas Highway 15 → U.S. Route 40 →
hasHistoricDistrict	Downtown Abilene historic area →
hasMuseum	Eisenhower Presidential Museum → Greyhound Hall of Fame Museum →
hasZIPCode	67410 →
historicalRole	19th-century cattle-shipping railhead → terminus of the Chisholm Trail →
incorporated	1869 →
knownFor	Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home → boyhood home of Dwight D. Eisenhower → final resting place of Dwight D. Eisenhower →
locatedIn	Midwestern United States →
locatedOnRiver	Smoky Hill River (nearby waterway) →
motto	The City of the Plains →
namedAfter	Abilene, Texas, United States →
notablePerson	Clyde Cessna (early life in the area) → Dwight D. Eisenhower → Joseph McCoy →
partOf	Dickinson County, Kansas →
population	about 6500 (approximate, varies by census year) →
region	Flint Hills region (western edge) →
role	county seat of Dickinson County, Kansas →
servedBy	Union Pacific Railroad →
state	Kansas →
timeZone	Central Time Zone →
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time →
touristAttraction	Dwight D. Eisenhower Boyhood Home → Eisenhower Presidential Center campus → Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum → Greyhound Hall of Fame → Old Abilene Town → Seelye Mansion →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Downtown Abilene historic area ("Abilene, Kansas") → Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home ("Abilene, Kansas") → Greyhound Hall of Fame ("Abilene, Kansas") → Seelye Mansion ("Abilene, Kansas") →	locatedIn
The City of the Plains ("Abilene, Kansas") →	appliesTo
Seelye Mansion ("Abilene, Kansas") →	city
Dickinson County, Kansas ("Abilene, Kansas") →	contains
Dickinson County, Kansas ("Abilene, Kansas") →	countySeat
The City of the Plains ("Abilene, Kansas") →	describes
Smoky Hill River ("Abilene, Kansas") →	flowsThrough
Downtown Abilene historic area ("Abilene, Kansas") →	hasCity
The City of the Plains ("Abilene, Kansas") →	isMottoOf
Dickinson County, Kansas ("Abilene, Kansas") →	largestCity
Abilene, Texas ("Abilene, Kansas") →	namedAfter
Wild West ("Abilene, Kansas") →	notablePlace
Dwight D. Eisenhower →	placeOfBurial
The City of the Plains ("Abilene, Kansas") →	refersTo
Dickinson County, Kansas ("Abilene, Kansas") →	seat
Abilene, Kansas, United States ("Old Abilene Town") →	touristAttraction