Gabbs is an unincorporated town in Nye County, Nevada, United States.

[6] In September 1944 the original magnesium plant was closed, having produced enough ore to meet targets for the projected duration of the war.

The local population initially fell, but revived when a new plant administered by Basic Refractories, Inc., producing magnesium for the private sector, was opened in 1955.

An influx of workers to a gold mine in nearby Paradise Peak briefly expanded the population again during the 1980s and 1990s, but this plant too closed in 1994, and in 2001 Gabbs lost its incorporated status.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km2), all land.

[3] As of the census of 2010, there were 269 people, 121 households, and 78 families residing in the census-designated place (CDP) of Gabbs.