Town of Gilford, New Hampshire

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The Town of Gilford is located in Belknap County.

Gilford is 620 feet [188.98 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Gilford lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

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

At the time of the 2000 Census, the Town of Gilford had a population of 6,803 people^<2> (or 12.02% of the total population of Belknap County). The population of Gilford represented 0.55% of the total of New Hampshire, making it the state's 42nd most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Gilford had a population of 7,450 people. This is an increase of 9.51% 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 Gilford.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Alton	E	6 mi [9.66 km]	5,082	12.88% increase
	Belmont	SW	6 mi [9.66 km]	7,136	6.25% increase
	Farmington	SE	19 mi [30.58 km]	6,712	16.25% increase
	Franklin	W	15 mi [24.14 km]	8,713	3.66% increase
	Laconia	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]	17,065	3.99% increase
	Loudon	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	5,098	13.77% increase

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

The Commemorative Quarter for New Hampshire<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) Gilford. 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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