THE ABILENE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Smoky Hills setting.
Abilene city has 4.83 square miles of land in Dickinson County. Its Census reference point is in Smoky Hills, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Abilene and Dickinson County
Abilene is associated with Dickinson County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Abilene by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Abilene, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Dickinson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Abilene city has 15.5% of the land area of nearby Grant township (31.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.