Gifford is an unincorporated community in southeastern Hardin County, Iowa, United States.

[1] It is at the junction of County Roads D55 and S62 along the Iowa River.

It was also the site of the First Baptist Church of Gifford (organized in 1881), the Union Sabbath School (with 70 pupils), and a Masonic Lodge.

[8] Gifford's post office was established on November 9, 1875, and was discontinued on February 28, 1907.

[12] Although its post office is gone, Gifford has its own ZIP Code, 50259,[13] even though the ZIP Code system was not implemented until nearly nine years after Gifford's post office was attached to Union's.