Gilbert Arizona Homes
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Gilbert Arizona is in Maricopa County. Gilbert is a suburb of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Gilbert has been recognized as the fourth fastest-growing large municipality in the nation and has been ranked 28th out of top 100 best places to live in America. In 2007 its population was said to be about 207,550 by the U.S. Census Bureau. According to a number of educational reporting systems Gilbert Arizona has one of the highest ranked K-12 education systems in the state.
Gilbert encompasses 76 square miles. It’s birth as a city was as an agriculture-based community and was known as the “Hay Capital of the world” from 1911 until the late 1920′s. It has grown and made the transition to an economically diverse suburban center located in the southeast valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Gilbert’s population was 5,717 in 1980. So the growth to 217,521 as of July 2009 is rather amazing. Gilbert is considered a highly educated and affluent community supporting high-wage jobs in life science and health services, high technology, clean and renewable energy, and corporate and regional headquarters/offices in advanced business services while preserving its highly desirable quality of life.
For more information about Gilbert Arizona here are some link.
Arizona Republic Section Devoted to Gilbert
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