| Official Name: | Gibson, Georgia |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Georgia |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Glascock |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.69 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.65 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.04 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.02 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 630 |
| Population Density Km2: | 237.40 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 614.63 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 33.2328°N -82.5953°W |
| Elevation M: | 106 |
| Elevation Ft: | 348 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 30810 |
| Area Code: | 706 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 13-32748[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0331807[3] |
| Named For: | William Gibson |
Gibson is a city and the county seat of Glascock County, Georgia, United States,[4] and is home to the Glascock County Courthouse, a National Register of Historic Places listed site. The population was 663 at the 2010 census,[5] and 630 in 2020.
Gibson's name was derived from Judge William Gibson, a former Confederate colonel and commanding officer of the 48th Georgia, who donated $500 for Glascock County's first public building, the courthouse.[6]
Gibson was founded in 1858 as the seat of the newly formed Glascock County. It was incorporated as a town in 1913 and as a city in 1943.[7]
Gibson is located slightly northeast of the center of Glascock County at (33.232737, -82.595301).[8] Georgia State Routes 102 and 171 cross in the center of town. GA 102 leads west 6miles to Mitchell and east 10miles to Stapleton, while GA 171 leads north to Warrenton and south to Louisville. Augusta, to the northeast, is the closest large city.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Gibson has a total area of 2.7km2, of which 0.04km2, or 1.41%, is water.[5] Rocky Comfort Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Ogeechee River, passes through the northern part of Gibson.
As of the 2020 census, its population was 630.
The Glascock County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, in a consolidated school under one roof.[9] The district has 42 full-time teachers and over 568 students.[10]