Gilead, Indiana

Gilead, Indiana
Unincorporated community
Gilead is located in Indiana
Gilead
Gilead
Gilead is located in the United States
Gilead
Gilead
Coordinates: 40°58′13″N 86°01′07″W / 40.97028°N 86.01861°W / 40.97028; -86.01861
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyMiami
TownshipPerry
Elevation
[1]
843 ft (257 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
46951
FIPS code18-27648[2]
GNIS feature ID435069[1]

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

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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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