Editing Abilene, Texas (section)

==Government and infrastructure==

The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] (TDCJ) operates the Abilene District Parole Office in the city.<ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff5.htm Parole Division Region V] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926122729/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/parole/parole-directory/paroledir-rgnldisparoff5.htm |date=2011-09-26 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref> The [[Robertson Unit]] prison and the [[Middleton Unit]] transfer unit are in Abilene and in [[Jones County, Texas|Jones County]].<ref>"[http://www.abilenetx.com/ons/map.htm?Submit=I+Accept Super Neighborhood Areas] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609140822/http://www.abilenetx.com/ons/map.htm?Submit=I+Accept |date=2011-06-09 }}." ([http://www.abilenetx.com/ons/image/map.jpg Direct map link] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609141019/http://www.abilenetx.com/ons/image/map.jpg |date=2011-06-09 }}) City of Abilene. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/rb.htm Robertson Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201413/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/rb.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.</ref><ref>"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ne.htm Middleton Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201344/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ne.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on July 23, 2010.</ref>

The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Abilene Post Office and the Abilene Southern Hills Post Office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/abilene-341-pine-st-abilene-tx-1352285 |title=Post Office Location - ABILENE |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615053709/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/abilene-341-pine-st-abilene-tx-1352285 |archive-date=2010-06-15 |publisher=[[United States Postal Service]] |access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/abilene-southern-hills-2501-buffalo-gap-rd-abilene-tx-1382354 |title=Post Office Location - ABILENE SOUTHERN HILLS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613121740/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/abilene-southern-hills-2501-buffalo-gap-rd-abilene-tx-1382354 |archive-date=2010-06-13 |publisher=United States Postal Service |access-date=May 22, 2010}}</ref>

On June 17, 2017, Abilene elected its first [[African-American]] mayor, Anthony Williams.

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* D. B. Corley, 1883–1885<ref name="auto"/>
* G. A. Kirkland, 1885–1886
* D. W. Wristen, 1886–1891
* H. A. Porter, 1891–1893
* D. W. Wristen, 1893–1897
* A. M. Robertson, 1897–1899
* John Bowyers, 1899–1901
* F. C. Digby Roberts, 1901–1904
* R. W. Ellis, 1904–1905
* Morgan Weaver, 1905–1907
* E. N. Kirby, 1906–1919
* Dallas Scarborough, 1919–1923
* Charles E. Coombes, 1923–1927
* Thomas E. Hayden, 1927–1931
* Lee R. York, 1931–1933
* C. L. Johnson, 1933–1937
* Will Hair, 1937–1947
* B. R. Blankenship, 1947–1949
* Hudson Smart, 1949–1951
* Ernest Grissom, 1951–1953
* C. E. Gatlin, 1953–1957
* Jess F. (T-Bone) Winters, 1957–1959
* George L Minter, 1959–1961
* C. R. Kinard, 1961–1963
* W. L. Byrd, 1963–1966
* Ralph N. Hooks, 1966–1969
* J. C. Hunter Jr., 1969–1975
* Fred Lee Hughes, 1975–1978
* Oliver Howard, 1978–1981
* Elbert E. Hall, 1981–1984
* David Stubbeman, 1984–1987
* Dale E. Ferguson, 1987–1990
* [[Gary D. McCaleb]], 1990–1999
* Grady Barr, 1999–2004
* Norm Archibald, 2004–2017
* Anthony Williams, 2017–2023
* Weldon Hurt, 2023–present
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