Gilson
Gilson is an unincorporated census-designated place in Knox County, Illinois, and is located southeast of Galesburg. As of the 2020 Census, its population was 156.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 190 residents
- Description: unincorporated census-designated place in Knox County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Gilson, IL” and “Gilson, Illinois”
- Postal code: 61436
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maquon and Knoxville.
Maquon
Village
Maquon is a village in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 218 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. Maquon is situated 4½ miles southeast of Gilson.
Knoxville
Village
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Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,901 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Galesburg Micropolitan Statistical Area Knoxville is located just southeast of the City of Galesburg. Knoxville is situated 5 miles northwest of Gilson.
Gilson
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Haw Creek Township, Knox, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.86171° or 40° 51′ 42″ northLongitude
-90.20151° or 90° 12′ 5″ westPopulation
190Elevation
679 feet (207 metres)United Nations Location Code
US GIKOpen location code
86GFVQ6X+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 151899243OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Volapük—“Gilson” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гилсон”
- Cebuano: “Gilson”
- Chechen: “Гилсон”
- Chinese: “吉爾森 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “吉爾森”
- Dutch: “Gilson”
- French: “Gilson”
- German: “Gilson”
- Gilaki: “گیلسون (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “گیلسون”
- Irish: “Gilson”
- Italian: “Gilson”
- Ladin: “Gilson”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilson”
- Norwegian: “Gilson”
- Persian: “گیلسون، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “گیلسون”
- Polish: “Gilson”
- Serbian: “Гибсон”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gilson, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Gilson”
- South Azerbaijani: “جیلسون، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Gilson”
- Tatar: “Гилсон”
- Ukrainian: “Гілсон”
- Volapük: “Gilson”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gilson”. Photo: Rastapopulous, CC BY-SA 3.0.