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Gilford is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 7,699 at the 2020 census, up from 7,126 at the 2010 census. Situated on Lake Winnipesaukee, Gilford is house to Governors Island, Ellacoya State Beach, Belknap Mountain State Forest, Gunstock Mountain Resort, and the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, a seasonal external concert venue. The lakeside village of Glendale lies within Gilford’s borders.

Settled in 1778 and originally a ration of Gilmanton, the town was first called Gunstock Parish. In 1812, Captain Lemuel B. Mason, who had fought in the 1781 Battle of Guilford Court House in North Carolina during the Revolutionary War and once retired to Gunstock Parish, successfully proposed interest of a new town to be named Guilford after that battle. The state would progressive be arranged by clerical error. The indigenous parish broadcast is used by Gunstock Mountain and the ski resort located upon it.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 53.6 square miles (138.7 km), of which 38.8 sq mi (100.5 km) are land and 14.7 sq mi (38.2 km) are water, comprising 27.56% of the town. Belknap Mountain, elevation 2,384 feet (727 m) above sea level and the highest reduction in Gilford as competently as Belknap County, is in the south. Much of the town is drained by the Gunstock River, a tributary of Lake Winnipesaukee. Gilford lies adequately within the Merrimack River watershed.