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- Three Arizona cities make Forbes most boring list
Three Arizona cities have made a top 10 list, but it's not something they're likely to brag about this year.
- Fresh & Easy opens in Gilbert Wednesday
Fresh & Easy grocery stores on Wednesday will open the doors to one its neighborhood-centric markets near Greenfield and Warner roads in Gilbert.
- Giving Gilbert's Old West look the boot
A handful of business owners in downtown Gilbert are injecting a touch of modernity into the historic business district by disassembling their wooden awnings - a key element of the area's Old West look.
- Gilbert likely to try to purchase or lease land
Gilbert could move ahead this week with long-held plans to lease or purchase 216 acres on the south side of town from the Maricopa County Flood Control District for $24.5 million, to be paid for with bonds ...
- Gilbert in 2009: Election, budget struggles, school issues
There's no reason to rely on a crystal ball to look at what the new year has in store for Gilbert when you can turn to The Gilbert Republic staff for a peak at some of the major events and challenges facing the ...
- Exhibit, book link Mexican community, Gilbert
Before the influx of residents to Gilbert, Mexicans comprised one-third of the town's population.
- County-island fire renews safety concerns in Gilbert
Concerns have been raised anew about the adequacy of fire protection for an estimated 4,000 people living on county islands in Gilbert after a blaze destroyed a house while firefighters struggled to remove ...
- Gilbert a place to party this New Year's Eve
Gilbert residents looking for a place to party on New Year's Eve might, finally, find it within town limits.
- 8 for '08: Gilbert residents touched lives
Community activists, business owners, and even a beauty queen all made 2008 a memorable year in Gilbert.
- Gilbert set for Christmas tree recycling
Gilbert's annual Christmas tree recycling program, which typically yields about 11,000 pounds of mulch for town landscaping projects, will gear up again the day after Christmas.
- Gilbert neighbors: Campus will disrupt traffic
Concern about plans to build a 400-student charter high school is still running high in two Gilbert neighborhoods, despite the fact a formal plan hasn't been submitted to the town.
- Man Arrested In School Sex Case
Police have arrested a registered sex offender on suspicion he tried to sexually assault a woman at Gilbert High School on Christmas Day.
- Weather service predicts freezing temperatures
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning until 9 a.m. for the cities of Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe and Scottsdale.
- Sad episode (not) in Gilbert underlines the disconnect people have between taxes and services
Gilbert, Arizona is a typical suburban/exurban community Upscale but not identifiably wealthy and with a mixture of neighborhoods but few or none that would be considered 'bad' it is politically conservative-- ...
- New school opens in Gilbert
What it is: Two-story, 19,000-square-foot preschool building for Christ's Greenfield Lutheran School at 425 N. Greenfield Road, Gilbert.
- Parking garage tops Gilbert's federal-fund wish list
Projects ranging from a new downtown parking garage to intersection and Western canal walkway improvements are part of the $46 million wish list Gilbert officials hope to see on any massive federal works ...
- Gilbert teen killed in crash remembered
A 16-year-old Gilbert charter school student who died after a car crash Friday was full of ambition, her school principal said.
- Gilbert police seek Christmas gift donations for teens
Gilbert police are in the last week of their toy drive "Blue Line of Love," but have noticed they need more items that would satisfy teenagers' Christmas wishes.
- Gilbert mulls rules for nontraditional shops
Gilbert isn't known for a proliferation of tattoo and body-piercing studios, pawnshops, check cashing outlets, hookah bars, unlicensed massage parlors and other businesses that many people look askance at.
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City DescriptionGilbert is a large town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It was founded on July 6, 1891 as a rail siding for Arizona Eastern Railway, and the town that sprang up around it was incorporated as the Town of Gilbert in 1920. Gilbert received its name from William "Bobby" Gilbert, the owner of the property that the rail siding was built on. From 1911 through the 1920s, Gilbert was known as the Hay Capital of the World.
In 2007, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that population of the town was 207,550. Although it is large and growing rapidly, Gilbert is still incorporated as a town rather than as a city. Gilbert was also the fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona of any size between 1990 and 2000. The center of population of Arizona is located in Gilbert.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 43.2 square miles (111.9 km²), of which, 43.0 square miles (111.3 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 109,697 people, 35,405 households, and 28,925 families residing in the town. The population density was 2,553.7 people per square mile (985.9/km²). There were ... Read MoreCity Contained By:City Contains:Timezones:Size:
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