Welcome to Gillete ...

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

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

Gillete would have been located within present day Tulare County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Gillete is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Gillete was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Gillete was located: 559

Communities near Gillete ...

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

• Visalia
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Visalia
  • Visalia is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 135,007 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Visalia <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Visalia
  • From Gillete to Visalia
• Tulare
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
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  • Tulare is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,797 people
  • Tulare has also been known as:
  • Tulare City
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Tulare
  • From Gillete to Tulare
• Porterville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
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  • Porterville is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 58,949 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Porterville
  • From Gillete to Porterville
• Lindsay
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
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  • Lindsay is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,908 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lindsay <4>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Lindsay
  • From Gillete to Lindsay
• Farmersville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
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  • Farmersville is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,812 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Farmersville
  • From Gillete to Farmersville
• Exeter
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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  • Exeter is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,423 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Exeter
  • From Gillete to Exeter
• Woodlake
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
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  • Woodlake is located in Tulare County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,934 people
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  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Woodlake
  • From Gillete to Woodlake
• East Porterville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
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  • East Porterville is located in Tulare County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to East Porterville
  • From Gillete to East Porterville
• Poplar
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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  • Poplar is located in Tulare County
  • Poplar has also been known as:
  • Poplar - Cotton Center
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Poplar
  • From Gillete to Poplar
• Woodville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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  • Woodville is located in Tulare County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Woodville
  • From Gillete to Woodville

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 Gillete. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gillete.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gillete. 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 Gillete.

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Tulare County: www.co.tulare.ca.us/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/