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 census, the population of the city was 6,460. It is home of The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and the G ...

Abilene, Texas Abilene ( ) is a city in Taylor and Jones Counties in Texas, United States. Its population was 125,182 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the state of Texas. It is the principal city of the Abilene metropolitan statis ...

Abilene, Texas metropolitan area The Abilene metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan statistical area in west-central Texas that covers three counties—Taylor, Jones, and Callahan. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 176,579. Counties * Callahan * Jon ...

Abilene, Virginia Abilene is a small unincorporated community farming community in Charlotte County, Virginia Charlotte County is a United States county located in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Its county seat is the town of Charlotte ...

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

Elsewhere

* Abilene (ancient), a plain in Syria on the eastern slope of Anti-Lebanon mountain range *

Abilene, Alberta The County of St. Paul No. 19 is a municipal district in eastern central Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 12, its municipal office is located in the Town of St. Paul. History It was previously known as the ''Municipal Distr ...

, Canada

Films

* '' Abilene Town'', a 1946 western film starring Randolph Scott * ''

Gunfighters of Abilene ''Gunfighters of Abilene'' is a 1960 American Western film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane and Judith Ames.

'', 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" Vi ...

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

Operation Abilene (2003) Operation Abilene may refer to: * Operation Abilene (1966) - a joint US-Australian military operation in 1966 during the Vietnam War. * Operation Abilene (2003) - a US military operation in Al Anbar province in 2003 during the Iraq War {{Infob ...

, 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 ...

, awarded annually to the community in Air Mobility Command

Other uses

Abilene Christian University Abilene Christian University (ACU) is a Private university, private Churches of Christ, Christian university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1906 as ''Childers Classical Institute''. ACU is one of the largest private universities in the Sout ...

. 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 the ...

, the American national academic backbone network *

Abilene paradox In the Abilene paradox, a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of many or all of the individuals in the group. It involves a common breakdown of group communication in which each member mistak ...

, 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 is a heritage railway located in Abilene, Kansas, United States. It is a non-profit organization that offers public excursion train rides May through October. The depot is located in the Historic 1887 Rock I ...

, 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, ...

, taken over by Missouri Pacific Railroad in 1978 {{disambiguation, geo