THE ABILENE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Red Prairie setting.
Abilene city has 106.7 square miles of land in Jones County, Taylor County. Its Census reference point is in Red Prairie, 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Abilene intersects 2 county geographies: Jones County, Taylor County. A Abilene mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Abilene by land and water
The Census records 5.43 square miles of water within Abilene, or 4.8% of its total area. It is 2.1 percentage points higher than the 2.7% recorded for Texas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Abilene city has 1,226.1 times the land area of nearby Impact town (0.09 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

