Welcome to New Garden ...

New Garden is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Garden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1802.

A typical abbreviation for New Garden: New Gdn. (or less commonly used: New Gardn., New Grden. or New Grdn.)

New Garden is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: New Garden lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for New Garden: (610) & (484)<3>

Websites for New Garden ...

Official Website: www.newgarden.org/

Communities Also Named New Garden ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named New Garden - they are located in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for New Garden.

Communities near New Garden ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Garden.

• Wilmington
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilmington
  • Wilmington is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,376 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wilmington <4>
• Newark
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
  • Newark is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
• West Chester
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Chester
  • West Chester is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,048 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Chester <4>
• Elkton
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elkton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
  • Elkton is located in Cecil County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,665 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
• Coatesville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coatesville
  • Coatesville is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,006 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coatesville <4>
• Downingtown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Downingtown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Downingtown
  • Downingtown is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,419 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Downingtown <4>
• Brookhaven
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookhaven have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookhaven
  • Brookhaven is located in Delaware County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,053 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookhaven <4>
• Kennett Square
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennett Square
  • Kennett Square is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,203 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kennett Square <4>
• Elsmere
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elsmere
  • Elsmere is located in New Castle County (DE)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,761 people
• Oxford
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oxford have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
  • Oxford is located in Chester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,594 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around New Garden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Garden.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Garden. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around New Garden.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Garden. See our Newspapers Page for New Garden.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Garden ...

Looking for more information about New Garden? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to New Garden, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Garden.

Adding New Garden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New Garden in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for New Garden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the New Garden post office opened in 1802.

We also found New Garden in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803).

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Garden.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for New Garden: www.newgarden.org/

The official website for Chester County: www.chesco.org/

The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/