Place:Gilead, Branch, Michigan, United States

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NameGilead
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates41.8°N 85.15°W
Located inBranch, Michigan, United States
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Gilead Township is a civil township of Branch County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the township population was 661.

There are no incorporated municipalities within the primarily agricultural township. The only concentrated settlements are in two unincorporated communities:

  • East Gilead is just north of the Indiana state border at .
  • Gilead is on the east side of Lake Gilead at . Its founding was largely the result of the efforts of Philander Chase, who came here in 1831 with plans to found a college. The college did not materialize, but the community did have a post office from 1833 until 1906.
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