Gilmer, Texas

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The city of Gilmer is located in Upshur County and is the county seat.

Gilmer is 110 feet [33.53 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Gilmer lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Gilmer can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Gilmer had a population of 4,799 people^<2> (or 13.57% of the total population of Upshur County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Gilmer had a population of 5,249 people. This is an increase of 9.38% 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 Gilmer.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Big Sandy	SW	13 mi [20.92 km]	1,360	5.59% increase
	Clarksville City	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	844	4.71% increase
	East Mountain	SE	11 mi [17.7 km]	628	8.28% increase
	Gladewater	S	13 mi [20.92 km]	6,275	3.24% increase
	Hawkins	SW	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,524	14.5% increase
	Lone Star	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	1,588	2.64% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Gilmer.

The Commemorative Quarter for Texas<4>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when 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) Gilmer. 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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