Do you know of Mount Gilead ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mount Gilead. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Mount Gilead.<1>

We found mention of Mount Gilead as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Appanoose County, Iowa.

Communities Also Named Mount Gilead ...

We found fourteen communities that share the name Mount Gilead.

Within Iowa, the name Mount Gilead is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another fourteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Barbour County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Gilead [Barbour County].
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mount Gilead [Calhoun County].
- Kentucky
  - Green County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Gilead [Green County].
  - Mason County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Gilead [Mason County].
  - Monroe County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Gilead [Monroe County].
- North Carolina
  - Avery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Gilead [Avery County].
  - Cabarrus County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Gilead [Cabarrus County].
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mount Gilead [Montgomery County].
- Ohio
  - Morrow County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Gilead [Morrow County].
  - Seneca County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mount Gilead [Seneca County].
- South Carolina
  - Horry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mount Gilead [Horry County].
- Tennessee
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Gilead [Cumberland County].
  - Henderson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Gilead [Henderson County].
- Virginia
  - Loudoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Gilead [Loudoun County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mount Gilead ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mount Gilead:

Article: Index to Abandoned Towns of Iowa
Taken from The Annals of Iowa (Volume 18, Issue 3 - Winter 1932)
Written by: Mott, David C.

More Orphans in Appanoose County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Appanoose County.

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Mount Gilead could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.