Garden City, Minnesota

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Garden City
Census-designated place (CDP) & Unincorporated community
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Garden City during major flooding in 2024
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Garden City
Location of the community of Garden City
within Garden City Township, Blue Earth County
Coordinates: 44°02′54″N94°10′17″W / 44.04833°N 94.17139°W / 44.04833; -94.17139
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Blue Earth County
Township Garden City Township
Area
[1]
 • Total1.89 sq mi (4.89 km2)
 • Land1.79 sq mi (4.65 km2)
 • Water0.09 sq mi (0.24 km2)
Elevation
[2]
915 ft (279 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total339
 • Density188.96/sq mi (72.95/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 507
GNIS feature ID2628679 [2]

Garden City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Garden City Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 255 as of the 2010 census. [3]

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History

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1870 368—
1880 293−20.4%
2010 255—
2020 33932.9%
U.S. Decennial Census [4]

A post office called Garden City was established in 1857. [5]

Garden City Roller Mill, Garden City, Minnesota Garden City Roller Mill, Garden City, Minnesota.jpg
Garden City Roller Mill, Garden City, Minnesota

The community was named from the garden-like setting of the original town site. [6] The First Baptist Church building was completed in 1868.

The Blue Earth County Fair has been held in Garden City since 1860 with the exception of a few years the fair was cancelled. [7]

In 1921, on a visit from London, Henry Wellcome donated land he had purchased to the hamlet of Garden City to build a consolidated school. [8] The school that was built on the site became Wellcome Memorial school, eventually combining with Rapidan, Vernon Center, and Lake Crystal school districts. The building now serves as the site of Wellcome Manor Family Services. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Garden City, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  4. ↑ United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".
  5. ↑ "Blue Earth County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  6. ↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 177.
  7. ↑ Schrader, Julie (1990). The Heritage of Blue Earth County. Curtis Media Corporation. pp. 17–18.
  8. 1 2 Minneapolis Morning Tribune July 31, 1921. "An Investment in Lots and Love".{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Wellcome Manor Family Services" . Retrieved May 5, 2021.


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