Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, adjacent to the border of the state of Coahuila.

He created a public square in Hidalgo Street (now Independencia) and offered free land to those who agreed to plant trees to give the region a different look.

Lavín named the town in honor of Francisco Gomez Palacio for his many achievements as governor, federal deputy, Secretary of the Interior and as an official in the government of Benito Juárez.

On June 25, 1887, a legal society was formed that gave rise to La Jabonera (The Soap), considered the city's most important industry.

In 1907, a U.S. company transferred its Jimulco facilities to Gómez Palacio and terminals for passenger and cargo trains were established.

The first agricultural strike in the region occurred June 11, 1935, in the Hacienda of Manila, multiplying effects in other estates that resulted in the issuance of the decree of October 6, 1936, by which General Lázaro Cárdenas initiated the distribution of land to laborers throughout the Comarca Lagunera.

[2] Uriel Antuna, footballer Andrade El Idolo, professional wrestler Gómez Palacio has one sister city.