Gillette is an

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and

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(CDP) in Long Hill Township,

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, United States. The area is served as

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ZIP Code 07933. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP had a population of 2,956.

Geography

Gillette is in southern Morris County, in the eastern third of Long Hill Township. It is bordered to the west by

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, 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

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, 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 , which rises about above the neighboring valleys. Morristown, the

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, is to the north, while downtown Newark is to the east. Interstate 78 passes less than to the south of Gillette, with access from Exit 40, Hillcrest Road. According to the

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, the Gillette CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.18%, are water. The entire CDP is within the watershed of the Passaic River leading to

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Demographics

Gillette was first listed as a

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in the 2020 U.S. Census.

2020 census

Park

Gillette's Riverside Park was renamed Matthew G. Kantor Memorial Park in 2013, to honor a

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killed in

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in 2012.

Gallery

File:Gillette New Jersey two trees on a riverbank in autumn.jpg, Passaic River File:Gillette New Jersey road in autumn.jpg, Residential street File:Hillview Farms peaches on a peach tree in mid-July.jpg, Peaches at Hillview Farms

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Gillette include: * Jessie Baylin (born 1984), singer-songwriterBruce, Scott
"Jessie Baylin Leaves Her Mark"
, '' movmnt'', December 11, 2008. Accessed September 19, 2014. "But success wasn't exactly buzzing around the corner of her hometown, Gillette, New Jersey. Like many an artist, Baylin had to pull herself from the comforts of home and set out on a journey that sent her California bound." * Lorinda Cherry (1944-2022), computer scientist and programmer

References

External links

Census 2000 Fact Sheet for Zip Code Tabulation Area 07933
from the

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{{Authority control Long Hill Township, New Jersey Census-designated places in Morris County, New Jersey Census-designated places in New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Morris County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey