The history of Gilbués to controversy as to its foundation. For some, its founder was Mr. Vieira Zeferino, descendant of important families of Ceará, which, by the year 1850, stood a cattle ranch in the place where now stands the city of Gilbués, due to field green and pleasant, suitable for livestock development. Later, with the development of the farm and increasing the local population, gave Mr. Vieira Zeferino half league of land to build a chapel, around which grew the town that gave rise to the present city of Gilbués. Others believe that the village grew from Piauí Mr. Nogueira Antonio Paranaguá that fights back in the fields of Paraguay, donated half league of land to build a chapel in the future, the village was to be raised. With the construction of the chapel and the influx of some families to that location, it has developed the settlement of the locality to which it gave at first the name of Santo Antônio de Gilbués. For purposes of State Decree No. 68 of 1891, the town of Santo Antônio de Gilbués was elevated to town with the same name, opened the following year. The official area of the municipality is currently Gilbués 3.494km² and in the 2010 census, listed with 10.402 inhabitants, with a population decrease in the order of 3.53% compared to the census of 2000.
