Gillette Community

Gillette Community (HM19O4)

Location: Palmetto, FL 34221 Manatee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 27° 36.077', W 82° 31.694'

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This area, known originally as Frog Creek, received its first American settlers before the Civil War. Many of them came from Alabama, northern Florida, and Georgia. Among the Georgians was Daniel Gillett, who brought his family to Frog Creek in the late 1840s. Like many other area pioneers, Gillett raised cattle and citrus. He and his descendants were so closely identified with the Frog Creek settlement that it became known as Gillette and a post office bearing that name existed here from 1895-1910.

Benevolence, a Baptist church, formed the stable institutional backbone of the community. Formally organized in 1868, Benevolence loaned its facilities to other religious and secular groups in the area, emphasizing frontier cooperation rather than competition, and provided inspiration and leadership to nearby Baptist and other congregations. Gillette First Baptist Church is the present-day successor to Benevolence.

Gillette has been known through the years as an agricultural community, producing winter vegetables, cattle, and citrus.
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HM NumberHM19O4
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Marker NumberF-290
Year Placed1980
Placed ByGillette Go-Getters 4-H Club in cooperation with Department of State
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, September 19th, 2014 at 4:12am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 349180 N 3053967
Decimal Degrees27.60128333, -82.52823333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 27° 36.077', W 82° 31.694'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds27° 36' 4.62" N, 82° 31' 41.64" W
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Area Code(s)941
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3269-3279 Co Rd 683, Palmetto FL 34221, US
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