Gotebo began as a tent city known as Harrison, named for Pres. Benjamin Harrison. In 1901, the name for the railroad stop was Gotebo, named after a well respected Kiowa chief. The town incorporated and re-named their town Gotebo to agree witht he railroad stop.
The town is agricultural with cattle, cotton and wheat crops. Gotebo had a peak in population in 1929 of about 850, but the Depression was hard on the town, and many people moved away. Today the town is considered a ghost town, and has a population of about 215. The downtown block just west of town hall is vacant and in ruins.
But the town hall itself is a very nice new building. It is metal, with a metal roof and rock and metal siding veneer. A sign on the door says it is open Monday-Thursday 8:00-4:00. The town does not have a website and we could not determine much about its operations. We assume it has a Mayor/Council form of government. The phone number is 580-538-5351.