Welcome to Gilead ...Gilead is located in Adair County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gilead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. Gilead is 1,270 feet [387 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Gilead lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Gilead: 641 Communities Also Named Gilead ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Gilead - they are located in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina and Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gilead. Communities near Gilead ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gilead.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gilead. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gilead. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gilead. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gilead. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilead. See our Newspapers Page for Gilead. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gilead ...Looking for more information about Gilead? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gilead, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gilead. Adding Gilead to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gilead in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gilead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Gilead on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Gilead. Footnotes ...
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