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Gibson

Ghost town · McKinley County, New Mexico

Gallup East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)
Gallup East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Gibson is a ghost town in McKinley County, New Mexico. It is one of 4 former communities in McKinley County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 31 New Mexico counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Gibson as a historical populated place on the Gallup East topographic quadrangle: 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 35.5668° N, 108.7414° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGallup East
Elevation6,837 ft
Nearest living townGamerco, NM
Distance to it1.3 miles
GNIS feature ID899647
Coordinates35.56679, -108.74139

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Gibson today, aerial view
Gallup East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000)

Left: Gallup East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1963, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Gibson is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gamerco, NM (population 1,583), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 6,837 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Gibson?

Gibson is in McKinley County, New Mexico, at 35.5668, -108.7414.

How many ghost towns are in McKinley County?

McKinley County, New Mexico has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.