Gamaliel is a home rule-class city in Monroe County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 391 at the 2020 census. Around 1…Gamaliel is a home rule-class city in Monroe County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 391 at the 2020 census. Around 1836, James Crawford and John Hayes saw that a town was springing up and donated 10 acres of land, at a point where their farms met, to be used for educational and religious purposes. On this property, a building was erected and used for school and church and, in 1844, a cemetery was added. In making the grant, the two men stipulated that seven trustees should be appointed to administer the property along the lines provided by the donors. The original trustees were William Crawford, Maston Comer, John Hayes, Robert Welch, James Crawford Jr., Charles Browning Jr., and John Meador. This act of incorporation was passed by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky on December 19, 1840.