Gillett, Arizona | |
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 Location where the town of Gillett once stood. | |
  Gillett Location in the state of Arizona  Gillett Gillett (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 34°01′08″N 112°09′49″W / 34.01889°N 112.16361°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona |
| County | Yavapai |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Abandoned | 1880 |
| Elevation | 1,834 ft (559 m) |
| Population (2009) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (MST (no DST)) |
| FIPS code | 04-27505 |
| GNIS feature ID | 24431 |
| Post Office opened | October 15, 1878 |
| Post Office closed | August 11, 1887 |
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Gillett, Arizona, (the name is frequently misspelled as "Gillette" on maps and documents)[2] is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.[3] It has an estimated elevation of 1,362 feet (415 m) above sea level.[1] Historically, it was a stagecoach station, and then a settlement formed around an ore mill serving the Tip Top Mine, on the Agua Fria River in Yavapai County in what was then Arizona Territory.[1] It was named for the mining developer of the Tip Top Mine, Dan B. Gillett and is spelled incorrectly as Gillette on U. S. Topographic Maps and elsewhere.[1][4]: 104
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gillette
- ^ "Historians surprised how little of Gillet remains"; The Daily Courier
- ^ "Germann (in Maricopa County, AZ) Populated Place Profile". AZ Hometown Locator. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- ^ John and Lillian Theobald, Arizona Territory Post Offices & Postmasters, The Arizona Historical Foundation, Phoenix, 1961