Gebo

Ghost town · Hot Springs County, Wyoming

Kirby quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1945, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Gebo is a ghost town in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, recorded as human settlement in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States of America. It is the only former community in Hot Springs County recorded on the federal names register, out of 51 across Wyoming.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Gebo as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 43.7908° N, 108.2300° W.

Key facts

Elevation	4,491 ft
Nearest living town	Kirby, WY
Distance to it	2.6 miles
Coordinates	43.79080, -108.23000

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What's there now

Gebo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Kirby, WY (population 54), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,491 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Most of the remaining buildings in the ghost town of Gebo, Wyoming. The majority of buildings were bulldozed in 1971. · Swissarmysalad / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

Sources and licences

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U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

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