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Mount Gilead is a village and the county seat of Morrow County, Ohio, located about 41 miles northeast of Columbus.

Mount Gilead is the center of population of Ohio - the point where the state's population would balance if every resident weighed the same.

The first settler at Mount Gilead was Lewis Hardenbrook, who arrived in 1817 when the site was called Whetstone, and in 1824 Judge Jacob Young drew out the village plan of 80 lots with a public square.

Mount Gilead is unusual for having two public squares - Henry Ustick's 1832 addition of 70 lots added a second square, and the original became known as the south square and the newer one the north square.

In 1832 residents voted to name the town Mount Gilead, after Mount Gilead, Virginia, rejecting the alternative name Warsaw by a significant margin, and the village was incorporated in 1839.

In 1848 Mount Gilead was chosen almost unanimously as the county seat of the newly formed Morrow County, which was carved from parts of Marion, Knox, Richland and Delaware counties.

Standing in the center of Mount Gilead is the World War I Victory Memorial Shaft, erected in 1919 and described as unique in the United States; it was a gift from the federal government because Morrow County bought more war bonds per capita than any other county, and future president Warren G. Harding gave the keynote speech at its dedication.

Four Mount Gilead properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including the Morrow County Courthouse, the Italianate Levering Hall, the James S. Trimble House and the floral hall at the county fairgrounds.

Mt. Gilead State Park lies just outside the village on State Route 95, and Amish farms and shops draw visitors to the countryside east of town.

The 2020 census counted 3,503 residents in Mount Gilead, down from a peak of 3,660 in 2010.