Gila Bend, Arizona

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The town of Gila Bend is located in Maricopa County.

Typical abbreviation for Gila Bend: Gila Bnd.

Gila Bend is 220 feet [67.06 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Gila Bend lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Gila Bend, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Gila Bend had a population of 1,980 people^<2> (or 0.06% of the total population of Maricopa County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Gila Bend had a population of 1,831 people. This is a decrease of 7.53% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Gila Bend.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ajo	S	41 mi [66 km]	---
	Ak-Chin Village	E	36 mi [57.9 km]	---
	Avondale	NE	37 mi [59.5 km]	81,299	126.57% increase
	Buckeye	N	39 mi [62.8 km]	47,261	622.98% increase
	Co-op Village	NE	39 mi [62.8 km]	---
	Goodyear	NE	32 mi [51.5 km]	59,508	214.67% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Gila Bend.

The Commemorative Quarter for Arizona<4>

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Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Gila Bend. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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