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.

[2] 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.

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