The village was first mentioned in 1223 as Geten. The etymology is unclear. Gieten is an
esdorp which developed in the Early Middle Ages on the
Hondsrug as a satellite of
Anloo. The village started to developed where the road from
Groningen to
Coevorden intersected with a road to
Assen. The former village Bonnen was located to the east and contained the
havezate Entinge from 1648 until its demolition in 1768. The Dutch Reformed Church dates from at least 1302. In 1626, it was heavily damaged during the
Dutch Revolt, and rebuilt. The tower was built in 1804 as a replacement of a 17th-century tower. Between 1905 and 1947, a railway station on the
Gasselternijveen to
Assen railway line was located in Gieten. The building was demolished in 1969. Gieten was a separate municipality until 1998, when it became a part of Aa en Hunze. ==Sports==