Gebo, Wyoming

Gebo is a ghost town located in Hot Springs County in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is located approximately 11 miles (18 km) north of Thermopolis.

Gebo, Wyoming
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°47′27″N 108°13′49″W
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
County	Hot Springs
Elevation	4,491 ft (1,369 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code	307
GNIS feature ID	1588848[1]

The town was established as a coal town in 1907 alongside the nearby camps of Crosby and Kirby.^[2] It was named after Samuel Wilford Gebo who established the Owl Creek Coal Company and the first mine in the area after immigrating to America from Canada.^[3] Mining remained active until 1938. At its height, over 2,000 people lived in the area, mostly miners and their families, making Gebo briefly the largest town in the county.^[2]

The remains of the town were bulldozed in 1971, though some buildings and the cemetery remain.^[4]

See also

• Gebo, Montana