Gilead (Hebrew: ) is the name of three persons and two places in the Bible. Gilead may also refer to: Places Australia Gilead, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney United States Gilead, Connecticut, a village in the town of Hebron Gilead, Illinois, an unincorporated community Gilead, Indiana, an unincorporated community Gilead, Maine, a town Former Gilead Railroad Station, Maine, on the National Register of Historic Places Gilead Township, Michigan Gilead, Missouri, an unincorporated community Gilead, Nebraska, a village Lake Gilead, New York, a reservoir Gilead Township, Morrow County, Ohio People with the name Gilead Sher (born 1953), Israeli attorney, government official and peace negotiator Gilead J. Wilmot (1834–?), American politician Arts and entertainment Gil'ead, a city in the kingdom of Alagaësia in Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon Gilead, the fictional birthplace of Roland Deschain in Stephen King's The Dark Tower series of novels Republic of Gilead, the fictional totalitarian theocratic nation in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale Gilead (novel), a 2004 novel by Marilynne Robinson Gilead, a novelette by Zenna Henderson in her Ingathering series Other uses Gilead Sciences, an American biopharmaceutical company based in California Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, Jehovah's Witnesses' missionary training program in New York state, aka the Gilead School Gilead (tribal group), mentioned in the Bible Gilead, a Jaredite military commander in the Book of Mormon See also Mount Gilead (disambiguation) Ghilad, a commune in Timiș County, Romania Gilad (disambiguation) Balm of Gilead (disambiguation) Masculine given names