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Welcome to Gilead ...

Gilead is located in Calhoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gilead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1829.

Gilead is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gilead lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gilead: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Gilead ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Gilead - they are located in Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, 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 both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Gilead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gilead post office opened in 1829. The Gilead post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gilead.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Calhoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gilead - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Gilead area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Gilead area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/