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Welcome to Gilley ...

Gilley is located in Letcher County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gilley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1914.

Gilley is 1,580 feet [482 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gilley lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Gilley: 606

Communities Also Named Gilley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Gilley - it's located in Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gilley.

Communities near Gilley ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gilley.

  • Hazard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Cumberland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Whitesburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Pennington Gap
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Pennington Gap is located in Lee County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington Gap
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,708 people
  • Appalachia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Harlan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jonesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Evarts
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynch
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Loyall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Loyall is located in Harlan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loyall
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people

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 Gilley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gilley.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gilley. 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 Gilley.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilley. See our Newspapers Page for Gilley.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gilley ...

Looking for more information about Gilley? 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 Gilley, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gilley.

Adding Gilley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gilley 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 Gilley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Gilley post office opened in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gilley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Letcher, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gilley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/