| Gillette, New Jersey | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Morris County#USA New Jersey#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Gillette |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Morris County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Morris |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Long Hill |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.56 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 4.47 |
| Area Land Km2: | 11.20 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.37 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 4.32 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2956 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 683.78 |
| Population Density Km2: | 263.99 |
| Elevation M: | 70 |
| Elevation Ft: | 230 |
| Coordinates: | 40.6739°N -74.4661°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 07933 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | [3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0876612 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Gillette is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[4] in Long Hill Township, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.[5] 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]
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 450feet, which rises about above the neighboring valleys. Morristown, the county seat, is 10miles to the north, while downtown Newark is 17miles to the east. Interstate 78 passes less than 2miles 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 4.465sqmi, of which 4.323sqmi are land and 0.142sqmi, 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.
| 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.[7]
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Gillette include: