Gilead
Gilead is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. Upon incorporation in 1804, it was named for the large quantity of Balm of Gilead trees in the town center. The population was 195 at the 2020 census.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 195 residents
- Description: human settlement in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America
- Also known as: “Gilead, Maine” and “Gilead, ME”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shelburne and West Bethel.
Shelburne
Village
Photo: John Frederick Kensett, Public domain.
Shelburne is a town in Coös County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 353 at the 2020 census. It is located in the White Mountains, and part of the White Mountain National Forest is in the south. Shelburne is situated 5 miles west of Gilead.
West Bethel
Neighborhood
West Bethel is an unincorporated village in the town of Bethel, Oxford County, Maine, United States. The community is located along U.S. Route 2 and the Androscoggin River, 21 miles northwest of Paris. West Bethel is situated 6 miles east of Gilead.
Gilead
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Town of Gilead, Oxford County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.39454° or 44° 23′ 40″ northLongitude
-70.97305° or 70° 58′ 23″ westPopulation
195Elevation
709 feet (216 metres)Open location code
87PF92VG+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 158842409OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
4965217Wikidata ID
Q3448595
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Gilead” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غيليد”
- Basque: “Gilead”
- Catalan: “Gilead”
- Cebuano: “Gilead”
- Chechen: “Гилиад”
- Chinese: “吉利厄德”
- Dutch: “Gilead”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جيليد”
- French: “Gilead”
- German: “Gilead”
- Haitian: “Gilead, Maine”
- Haitian: “Gilead”
- Hausa: “Gilead, Maine”
- Hausa: “Gilead”
- Hebrew: “גיליד”
- Hungarian: “Gilead”
- Italian: “Gilead”
- Japanese: “ギリアド”
- Kazakh: “Gaýlïd”
- Kazakh: “Гайлид”
- Kazakh: “گايلىيد”
- Kirghiz: “Гайлид”
- Mazanderani: “گیلعاد”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilead”
- Polish: “Gilead”
- Slovenian: “Gilead”
- Spanish: “Gilead”
- Swedish: “Gilead, Maine”
- Swedish: “Gilead”
- Tatar: “Гилиад”
- Turkish: “Gilead”
- Ukrainian: “Гіліад”
- Volapük: “Gilead”
- Welsh: “Gilead, Maine”
- Welsh: “Gilead”
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Notable Places Nearby
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