Gilead, Indiana

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Gilead, Indiana
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 40°58′13″N86°01′07″W / 40.97028°N 86.01861°W / 40.97028; -86.01861
Country United States
State Indiana
County Miami
Township Perry
Elevation
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843 ft (257 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46951
FIPS code 18-27648 [2]
GNIS feature ID435069 [1]

Gilead is an unincorporated community in Perry Township, Miami County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [1]

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History

Gilead was platted about 1840 by Adam E. Rhodes who had settled there in 1835. [3] [4] It was probably named after Gilead, in the Hebrew Bible. [5]

Economy

Gilead supports four stores: The Gilead General Store, Squirrel Creek Bulk Foods, Rabers Kountry Store LLC, and Interurban Collectibles.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilead, Indiana
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp.  723.
  4. ↑ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp.  190.
  5. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  145. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. ...apparently named for the biblical district...


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