Welcome to Mount Gilead ...

So far, we found very little information about Mount Gilead. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mount Gilead to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mount Gilead, please Contact Us.

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Mount Gilead would have been located within present day Cumberland County<2>.

The location of Mount Gilead has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Gilead, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Gilead: Mt. Gilead

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mount Gilead is 2,030 feet [619 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Mount Gilead was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Mount Gilead (for example, toward Graysville), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The location where Mount Gilead once stood is in the (931) area code.

Communities Also Named Mount Gilead ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Mount Gilead: This one is located in Cumberland County and the other is located in Henderson County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 13 communities that are also named Mount Gilead - they are located in Alabama (2), Kentucky (3), North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), South Carolina and Virginia.

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

Communities near Mount Gilead ...

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

• Clarktown
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
  • Clarktown is located in White County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
• Crossville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossville
  • Crossville is located in Cumberland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,899 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossville <5>
• Fairfield Glade
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield Glade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Glade
  • Fairfield Glade is located in Cumberland County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,989 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield Glade <5>
• Sparta
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Sparta is located in White County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,980 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <5>
• Lake Tansi Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
  • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
• Newton
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Newton is located in Cumberland County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
  • Newton has also been known as:
  • Peay
• Dykes Crossroads
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dykes Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
  • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
• Pikeville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
  • Pikeville is located in Bledsoe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pikeville <5>
• Spencer
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  • Spencer is located in Van Buren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,710 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <5>
• Center Ford
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
  • Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 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 Mount Gilead. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Gilead.

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

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

Adding Mount Gilead to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Gilead 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 Mount Gilead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mount Gilead post office opened in 1874.

We also found Mount Gilead on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Gilead.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cumberland County: www.brockhill.org/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/