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Taylor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 131,506.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48/48441.html )〕 Its county seat is Abilene.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 The county was created in 1858 and later organized in 1878. It is named for Edward Taylor, George Taylor, and James Taylor, three brothers who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Taylor County is included in the Abilene, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is considered part of West Texas. ==History== *Among first inhabitants were the Penteka. *1849 Capt. Randolph Marcy, U. S. Army engineer passes through scouting out West Texas to California routes. *1858 The Texas legislature establishes Taylor County from Bexar and Travis counties. The county is named for Alamo defenders Edward, James, and George Taylor. Butterfield Overland Mail establishes the Mountain Pass Station at Merkel, in continual use until 1861.〔 *1872 First cattlemen venture into present Taylor County.〔 *1878 Taylor County is organized. Buffalo Gap is named county seat.〔 *1880 Texas & Pacific Railroad signs an agreement to run tracks through the future city of Abilene.〔 *1881 Abilene is established and named after Abilene, Kansas. *1883 Abilene becomes the county seat.〔 Wagon train of ten Baptist families arrives in the county.〔 *1890 Abilene Board of Trade is organized.There are 587 farms and ranches in the county.〔 *1891 Hardin-Simmons University is established as Abilene Baptist College by the Sweetwater Baptist Association. *1897 Lytle Lake is created.〔 *1904 State Epileptic Colony opens in Abilene. *1906 Abilene Christian University opens its doors as Childers Classical Institute. *1924 Hendricks Medical Center opens in Abilene as West Texas Baptist Sanitarium. West Texas Historical Association is chartered in Abilene.〔 *1926 The first senior class of McMurry University graduates. *1929 Oil is discovered in the county. *1933 Abilene donates land for use by the Civilian Conservation Corps. *1942 Dyess Air Force Base is established as Abilene AFB. It is named in honor of Texas native and Bataan Death March survivor Lieutenant Colonel William Dyess. *1950 The Abilene Philharmonic Orchestra is created, with Jay Dietzer as the first conductor.〔 *1956 Buffalo Gap Historic Village opens. *1998 The Ranch Horse Association of America is formed in Abilene. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taylor County, Texas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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