Tag: Gillette
Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 29,087 in 2010. Gillette is centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coal bed methane gas. The city calls itself the “Energy Capital of the Nation”.
Gillette was incorporated on January 6, 1892, less than two years after Wyoming became a state. The city was named after Edward Gillette, who worked as a surveyor for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
In 1974, U.S. psychologist ElDean Kohrs used the town as the basic example of what he called the ‘Gillette Syndrome.’
Gillette is located at 44°16′58″N 105°30′19″W / 44.28278°N 105.50528°W / 44.28278; -105.50528 (44.282660, -105.505256). It is situated between the Big Horn Mountains to the west and the Black Hills to the east, in the Powder River Basin.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.4 square miles (34.7 km²), of…
