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Welcome to Gilroy ...So far, we found very little information about Gilroy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Gilroy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gilroy, please Contact Us. Gilroy would have been located within present day Davidson County<2>. The location of Gilroy has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Gilroy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. While the community is gone, the present day location for Gilroy is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Gilroy was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Gilroy would have been located in the (615) area code. Communities Also Named Gilroy ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Gilroy - they are located in California and Montana. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gilroy. Communities near Gilroy ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gilroy.
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 Gilroy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gilroy. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gilroy. 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 Gilroy. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gilroy. See our Newspapers Page for Gilroy. Adding Gilroy to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gilroy 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 Gilroy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gilroy. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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