COMMUNITIES

Once touted as “The Future Great Town of West Texas”, Abilene has become just that. Located just 150 miles west of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Abilene offers all the charms of the old west while providing the advantages of a contemporary city. The frontier to West Texas is now home to 120,000 residents, with a median age of 32. Abilene ...

Once touted as “The Future Great Town of West Texas”, Abilene has become just that. Located just 150 miles west of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Abilene offers all the charms of the old west while providing the advantages of a contemporary city. The frontier to West Texas is now home to 120,000 residents, with a median age of 32. Abilene ...

Once touted as “The Future Great Town of West Texas”, Abilene has become just that. Located just 150 miles west of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Abilene offers all the charms of the old west while providing the advantages of a contemporary city. The frontier to West Texas is now home to 120,000 residents, with a median age of 32. Abilene ...

H Motto: “A Star of the Texas Midwest.” H 2007 Est. Pop.: 2,580. H Location: 26 miles north of Abilene at U.S. Highways 83/277 and 180. Anson was originally known as Jones City when it was founded in anticipation of the railroad coming through. The fledging town managed to survive the bypassing of the rail line because ranchers and farmers ...

2002 Est. Pop: 121. Location: 43 miles north of Abilene in Jones County on State Highway 6 and farm market roads 600 and 1636. History: Avoca’s original name when settlers first came in the 1880s was Spring Creek. With the official opening of a post office in 1893, the name of record became Avo. Seven years later general store owner ...