In 2006, legislation to establish Gumboro as an incorporated town was passed by the Delaware General Assembly, and was vetoed by Governor Ruth Ann Minner as no civic government was to be immediately convened, leaving a gap in government from when the town was incorporated and left county control, until the election of a government.
In 2006, legislation to establish Gumboro as an officially recognized municipality was passed by the Delaware General Assembly, but Governor Ruth Ann Minner vetoed it since no municipal government was to be formed immediately, resulting in a period of uncertainty from when the town gained independence and severed its ties with county authority until a new governing body could be elected.