Gering is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,751 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Scotts Bluff County^GR6.

Gering was founded in 1887 at the base of a bluff which is now a National Park called Scotts Bluff National Monument. The city of Scottsbluff was founded across the North Platte River from the bluff in 1900. Separated only by the river, the two cities have since grown together and now form the 7th largest urban area in Nebraska.