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Gebo, Wyoming
Unincorporated community
Gebo in the evening
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Coordinates: 43°47′27″N 108°13′49″W / 43.79083°N 108.23028°W / 43.79083; -108.23028
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

Gebo is a ghost town located in Hot Springs County in the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is located about 12 miles (19 km) north of Thermopolis.

The town was established as a coal town in 1907 alongside the nearby camps of Crosby and Kirby. 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. Mining remained active until 1938. At its height, over 20,000 people lived in the area, mostly miners and their families, making Gebo briefly the largest town in the county.

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

References

1. "Gebo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ "Coal Camps, Gebo". Wyoming Tales and Trails.
3. "Gebo Cemetery". washakiecounty.com.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hot Springs County, Wyoming, United States
County seat: Thermopolis
Towns	East Thermopolis Kirby Thermopolis
CDPs	Lucerne Owl Creek
Unincorporated community	Grass Creek Wedding of the Waters
Ghost town	Gebo
Indian reservation	Wind River Indian Reservation
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• Geography of Hot Springs County, Wyoming
• Ghost towns in Wyoming
• Coal towns in Wyoming