Gamaliel, Kentucky

Gamaliel is a home rule-class city in Monroe County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 376 at the 2010 census, this was a decline from 439 in 2000.GeographyGamaliel is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8sqmi, all of it land.HistoryAround 1836, James Crawford and John Hayes saw that a town was springing up and donated ten acres of land, at a point where their farms met, to be used for educational and religious purposes. On this property, a building was erected and used for school and church and, in 1844, a cemetery was added. In making the grant, the two men stipulated that seven trustees should be appointed to administer the property along the lines provided by the donors. The original trustees were William Crawford, Maston Comer, John Hayes, Robert Welch, James Crawford Jr., Charles Browning Jr., and John Meador. This act of incorporation was passed by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on December 19, 1840.Samuel DeWitt, a local preacher and teacher, said "Gamaliel" was a good biblical name (In the Book of Acts, the Pharisee appears speaking in favor of recently arrested Christians) and this was a good village and the town took the name that he suggested. A post office was established in the community in 1870.