Welcome to Gilbert ...So far, we found very little information about Gilbert. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Gilbert to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gilbert, please Contact Us. Gilbert would have been located within present day Esmeralda County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gilbert, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925. While the community is gone, the present day location for Gilbert is 6,190 feet [1,887 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Gilbert is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Gilbert was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Gilbert was located: 775 Communities Also Named Gilbert ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Gilbert - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gilbert. Communities near Gilbert ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gilbert.
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 Gilbert. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gilbert. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gilbert. 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 Gilbert. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilbert. See our Newspapers Page for Gilbert. Adding Gilbert to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gilbert 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 Gilbert was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Gilbert. Footnotes ...
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