Gove city was founded at the center of Gove county and was selected to be the county seat in a county wide election. By the end of the 1880’s the city had a wide variety of businesses including hotels, liveries, blacksmith and wagon shop, drug store, banks, abstractors, attorneys, butcher shop, general merchandise store, barbers, and gas and oil station with car garage.

Judges

District Magistrate Judge Hon. Lois Werner