Gebo Cemetery is the name of two historic cemeteries in the United States, both associated with former coal-mining towns named Gebo — one in Carbon County, Montana, and one in Hot Springs County, Wyoming.
Montana (Carbon County)
The Gebo Cemetery in Carbon County, Montana, is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-northwest of Fromberg. It was established in 1899 to serve the coal-mining town of Gebo, Montana, which had a population of 500 to 1,000 in the early 1900s but was virtually abandoned after the Gebo Mine ceased operation in 1912. The cemetery contains about 200 graves and sits on a 3.25-acre (1.32 ha) square plot on a gentle slope with a panoramic view of the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River Valley. It is enclosed by a wire and post fence with an ornate wire gate set between tall metal trusses. A 2.09-acre (0.85 ha) addition was made in 1963 but remains unused. Notable features include three iron crosses associated with German-Russian Catholic immigrants from the Black Sea region, including the grave of Adam Heiser (died 1916) marked with an iron cross bearing tracery and German text. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 8, 1993 (NRHP reference No. 93000291).
Wyoming (Hot Springs County)
The Gebo Cemetery in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, is located approximately 11 miles (18 km) north of Thermopolis. It is the remaining burial ground of the ghost town of Gebo, Wyoming, which was established as a coal town in 1907 and named after Samuel Wilford Gebo, founder of the Owl Creek Coal Company. At its height, over 2,000 people lived in the area, making Gebo briefly the largest town in the county. Mining remained active until 1938. The town's structures were largely bulldozed in 1971, but the cemetery and some buildings remain. The cemetery contains the graves of many miners and their families, including children who died during epidemics.
