Gillette, New Jersey

Gillette, New Jersey
Gillette, New Jersey
Census-designated place
	NJ Transit commuter train to Manhattan
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	Coordinates: 40°40′26″N74°27′58″W / 40.67389°N 74.46611°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 (2020)
• Total	2,956
• Density	683.78/sq mi (263.99/km2)
ZIP Code	07933
FIPS code	34-26220
GNIS feature ID	0876612

Last updated October 15, 2024

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]

Geography

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.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	2,956		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

Gillette was first listed as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.

2020 census

**Gillette, New Jersey – Racial and ethnic composition**
*Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.*
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%

Park

Gillette's Riverside Park was renamed Matthew G. Kantor Memorial Park in 2013, to honor a Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan in 2012.^[9]

Gallery

Passaic River
Residential street
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-songwriter^[10]
Lorinda Cherry (1944-2022), computer scientist and programmer^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

1 2 "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
1 2 Census Data Explorer: Gillette CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.
↑ Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.
↑ "Gillette". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 24, 2012.
↑ State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.
↑ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
↑ "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Gillette CDP, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau .
↑ Matthew G. Kantor Memorial Park, Long Hill Township. Accessed July 30, 2019. "On Veteran's Day 2013 (11/11/13), the park was officially dedicated and renamed Matthew G. Kantor Memorial Park to honor Matthew, a resident of Long Hill and Navy Seal who lost his life while serving in Afghanistan in November 2012."
↑ Bruce, Scott. "Jessie Baylin Leaves Her Mark" Archived June 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , 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."

External links

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

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[CenPopGazetteer2024-1] 1 2 "2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: New Jersey". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 14, 2024.

[Census2020-2] 1 2 Census Data Explorer: Gillette CDP, New Jersey, United States Census Bureau. Accessed June 15, 2023.

[3] Geographic Codes Lookup for New Jersey, Missouri Census Data Center. Accessed June 9, 2023.

[usgs-4] "Gillette". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 24, 2012.

[5] State of New Jersey Census Designated Places - BVP20 - Data as of January 1, 2020, United States Census Bureau. Accessed December 1, 2022.

[6] Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.

[DecennialCensus-7] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

[2020CensusP2-8] "P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Gillette CDP, New Jersey". United States Census Bureau .

[9] Matthew G. Kantor Memorial Park, Long Hill Township. Accessed July 30, 2019. "On Veteran's Day 2013 (11/11/13), the park was officially dedicated and renamed Matthew G. Kantor Memorial Park to honor Matthew, a resident of Long Hill and Navy Seal who lost his life while serving in Afghanistan in November 2012."

[10] Bruce, Scott. "Jessie Baylin Leaves Her Mark" Archived June 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , 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."

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