Polk Directory of the City of Abilene, May 2003 (open access)

Polk Directory of the City of Abilene, May 2003

Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. The directory includes seven sections: an alphabetical list of names of residents and businesses, a business section, and a numerical telephone directory, a directory of street address, a map section, a "movers and shakers" section (top 25% of the community based on professional achievement and income), and a demographic summary section. According to the front cover, the directory includes 67,397 resident and 6,347 business listings.
Date: 2003
Creator: Polk City Directories
System: The Portal to Texas History
Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Texas) City Directory, 1946 (open access)

Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Texas) City Directory, 1946

Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals, as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains "an alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and much information of a miscellaneous character; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory." The general index begins on page 7 and the index to advertisers begins on page 8.
Date: 1946
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History