Gill, Massachusetts

Gill, Massachusetts
Town
The Connecticut River looking north in the early evening, from the French King Bridge at the Erving–Gill town line
Seal
Location in Franklin County in Massachusetts
Coordinates: 42°38′25″N 72°30′00″W / 42.64028°N 72.50000°W / 42.64028; -72.50000
Country	United States
State	Massachusetts
County	Franklin
Settled	1776
Incorporated	1793
Government
• Type	Open town meeting
Area
• Total	14.8 sq mi (38.3 km2)
• Land	13.7 sq mi (35.6 km2)
• Water	1.0 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Elevation [1]	377 ft (115 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,551
• Density	100/sq mi (40/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (Eastern)
ZIP Code	01354
Area code	413
FIPS code	25-25730
GNIS feature ID	0618164[1]
Website	www.gillmass.org

Gill is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,551 at the 2020 census.^[2] It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The campus of Northfield Mount Hermon School is located in the Mount Hermon section of the town.

By sheer coincidence, "Gill" is the only full municipality of the 351 towns and cities currently administered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts whose name has characters entirely in alphabetical order. No letter in "Gill" appears later than another letter that comes after it in the English alphabet. This quality is unique for any currently existing Massachusetts town name, as of early 2024.