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Welcome to Gillett ...

So far, we found very little information about Gillett. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Gillett to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Gillett, please Contact Us.

Gillett would have been located within present day Yavapai County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gillett, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1878.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gillett is 1,830 feet [558 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Gillett was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

The Area Code where Gillett was located: 928

Communities Also Named Gillett ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Gillett - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gillett.

Communities near Gillett ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gillett.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gillett. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gillett.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gillett. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gillett.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gillett. See our Newspapers Page for Gillett.

Adding Gillett to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gillett in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Gillett was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Gillett post office opened in 1878.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gillett.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Gillett, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yavapai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gillett - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/