Annotations
GILEAD, a post-village of Calhoun co., Illinois, near the Mississippi river, about 90 miles S. W. from Springfield, has several hundred inhabitants. It was formerly the county seat. (Baldwin's New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States..., 1854)
GILEAD, A post village of Calhoun county, about mid-way between the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, 60 miles west of north from St. Louis; was formerly the county seat. Daniel T. Simpson, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer..., 1859)
Total Population 1850
553
Total Population 1860
657
Free Black Population 1860
1
Free Black Population 1850
1
Latitude
39.1242153
Longitude
-90.6673450
Type
City or Town
County
Calhoun
State
Illinois