Gillivan is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Madison County, Ohio, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 42, north of its intersection with Ohio State Route 29.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, Pg. 80
The community was never actually laid out, but simply formed around a crossroads. As of 1915, the community contained one general store, one hardware store, one blacksmith, and only six houses.Bryan, Chester E., History of Madison County, Ohio, B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1915, Pg. 181.
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