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Gilbert, Arizona

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The town of Gilbert is located in Maricopa County.

Gilbert is 390 feet [118.87 m] above sea level.<1>

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

Communities that are also named Gilbert can be found in:

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Gilbert had a population of 109,697 people<3> (or 3.54% of the total population of Maricopa County). The population of Gilbert represented 2.14% of the total of Arizona, making it the state's 8th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Gilbert had a population of 216,449 people. This is an increase of 97.32% 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 Gilbert.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
2008216,449+97.32%+4.99% since 2007
2007206,166+87.94%+5.31% since 2006
2006195,771+78.47%+7.48% since 2005
2005182,144+66.04% 
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2000109,697The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Apache Junction   NE13 mi [20.92 km]32,7763.02% increase
 Chandler   W6 mi [9.66 km]247,14039.96% increase
 El Mirage   N6 mi [9.66 km]24,751225.29% increase
 Guadalupe   W13 mi [20.92 km]5,94813.77% increase
 Mesa   N6 mi [9.66 km]463,55216.95% increase
 Queen Creek   SE7 mi [11.27 km]24,361464.43% increase

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

Websites for Gilbert

Official Website:   www.ci.gilbert.az.us/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.gilbertaz.com/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Gilbert or Maricopa County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

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) Gilbert. 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Gilbert:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Gilbert? Please visit the Map Page for Gilbert.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gilbert - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gilbert, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Gilbert.

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<4>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Gilbert and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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