Gorbatov (Russian: Горба́тов) is a town in Pavlovsky District of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Oka River in the Meshchera Lowlands.

The region was settled by the Meshchera tribe during the Middle Ages.

The village of Gorbatovo (Горбатово) was first documented in 1565 as a votchina of Prince Alexander Gorbaty-Shuysky after whom it takes its name.

[citation needed] Its growth was owing to the manufacture of ropes and cherry cultivation.

In 1779, Gorbatovo was merged with Meshchera sloboda and chartered as a town.