Gabbs, NV

Gabbs is an unincorporated town in Nye County, Nevada, United States. The 2010 census counted 269 residents. Located in northern Nye County, it is part of the Las Vegas–Henderson, NV CSA, making it at 321 miles the most distant community from Las Vegas in the Las Vegas–Henderson combined statistical area. Gabbs was founded circa December 1941 as a company town for Basic Magnesium, Inc. A newcomer can read Gabbs through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Gabbs comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.