This entry incorporates text from Syria. According to Flavius Josephus, Abilene was a separate Iturean kingdom till A.D. 37, when in 52 Claudius granted it to Agrippa II. (See also Lysanias, who was governor or tetrarch of this province.)
The site of Abila is indicated by ruins of a temple, aqueducts, and other remains, and inscriptions. These are on the banks of the river Barada at Suk Wadi Barada, a village called by early Arab geographers Abil-es-Suk, between Baalbek (Heliopolis) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Though the names Abel and Abila differ in derivation and in meaning, their similarity has given rise to the tradition that this was the place of Abel's burial.
Following a pattern that was familiar in the development of the West, the city of Abilene, Texas, was founded as a direct result of the building of a railroad.
Since that time, the city of Abilene has continued to grow and develop, until today, it is known as the commercial, educational, medical, and cultural center of a 22-county trade area.
Because Abilene wasn't in the geographic center of the county, it took a two-thirds vote of Taylor County residents to move the county seat.
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