Gillette, New Jersey
Place in Morris County, New Jersey, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gillette is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] in Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.[6] The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07933. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP had a population of 2,956.[2]
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 NJ Transit commuter train to Manhattan | |
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| Coordinates: 40°40′26″N 74°27′58″W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Morris |
| Township | Long Hill |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.47 sq mi (11.56 km2) |
| • Land | 4.32 sq mi (11.20 km2) |
| • Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.37 km2) |
| Elevation | 230 ft (70 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,956 |
| • Density | 683.78/sq mi (263.99/km2) |
| ZIP Code | 07933 |
| FIPS code | 34-26220[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0876612[4] |
Gillette is in southern Morris County, in the eastern third of Long Hill Township. It is bordered to the west by Stirling, also within Long Hill Township; to the north by Harding Township; and to the east by Chatham Township. The community's southern border is the Passaic River, across which is Union County to the southeast and Somerset County to the southwest.
The unincorporated community of Gillette is in the southern part of the Gillette CDP; Meyersville is in the northern part. The two settled areas are separated by Long Hill, summit elevation 450 feet (137 m), which rises about 200 feet (61 m) above the neighboring valleys. Morristown, the county seat, is 10 miles (16 km) to the north, while downtown Newark is 17 miles (27 km) to the east. Interstate 78 passes less than 2 miles (3 km) to the south of Gillette, with access from Exit 40, Hillcrest Road.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Gillette CDP has a total area of 4.465 square miles (11.564 km2), of which 4.323 square miles (11.197 km2) are land and 0.142 square miles (0.368 km2), or 3.18%, are water.[1] The entire CDP is within the watershed of the Passaic River leading to Newark Bay.
Gillette was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.
2020 census
| Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 2020[8] | 2020 % |
|---|---|---|
| White alone (NH) | 2,292 | 77.54% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 16 | 0.54% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) | 2 | 0.07% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 245 | 8.29% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 1 | 0.03% |
| Other race alone (NH) | 11 | 0.37% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial (NH) | 85 | 2.88% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 304 | 10.28% |
| Total | 2,956 | 100.00% |
Gillette's Riverside Park was renamed Matthew G. Kantor Memorial Park in 2013, to honor a Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan in 2012.[9]
Passaic River
Residential street
Peaches at Hillview Farms
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Gillette include:
- Jessie Baylin (born 1984), singer-songwriter[10]
- Lorinda Cherry (1944-2022), computer scientist and programmer[citation needed]
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