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Gillett is a small city in Oconto County in northeastern Wisconsin, named for pioneer settler Rodney Stephen Gillett, and a post office has operated there since 1871.

Gillett's downtown was platted in 1884, the community was incorporated as a village in 1900 with a population of about 400, and it was chartered as a city on May 10, 1944.

Gillett bills itself as the "ATV Capital of the World" — a nickname it actually holds as a federal trademark, awarded by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in April 2007.

From Gillett, riders have access to more than 450 miles of fully interconnected ATV trails, and nearly all of the city's streets are open to ATV and UTV traffic.

Gillett is the southern trailhead of the 89-mile Nicolet State Trail, which runs north through the Nicolet National Forest to the Michigan state line.

Zippel Park in the center of Gillett provides the trailhead facilities with free truck-and-trailer parking, and each August the park's fairgrounds host the annual Oconto County Fair.

Gillett had 1,289 residents at the 2020 census, and it is part of the Green Bay metropolitan area.

Census Bureau figures counted 509 households in Gillett in 2020, down from 592 households at the 2010 census.

Gillett celebrated its 75th anniversary as a city in 2019 with a Diamond Jubilee celebration at Zippel Park.

Gillett's early economy was built on logging and farming in the surrounding pine forests, and children in the city attend Gillett High School in the Gillett School District.