Welcome to Garden City ...

Garden City is located in Hardin County<1>.

The location of Garden City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garden City, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

Garden City is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Garden City lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Garden City: (515)

The ZIP code for Garden City: 50102<4>

Communities Also Named Garden City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 38 communities that are also named Garden City - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida (3), Georgia, Idaho (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas (2), Utah (2), Virginia (3) and Washington.

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

Communities near Garden City ...

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

• Ames
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ames
  • Ames is located in Story County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,033 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ames <5>
• Nevada
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nevada
  • Nevada is located in Story County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,682 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nevada <5>
• Story City
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Story City
  • Story City is located in Story County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,330 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Story City <5>
• Eldora
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eldora have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldora
  • Eldora is located in Hardin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,571 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eldora <5>
• State Center
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for State Center have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for State Center
  • State Center is located in Marshall County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,432 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for State Center <5>
• Roland
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
  • Roland is located in Story County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,252 people
• Gilbert
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Gilbert is located in Story County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,152 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <5>
• Jewell
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
  • Jewell is located in Hamilton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,138 people
  • Jewell has also been known as:
  • Jewell Junction
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jewell <5>
• Colo
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colo
  • Colo is located in Story County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colo <5>
• Hubbard
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hubbard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hubbard
  • Hubbard is located in Hardin County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 793 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hubbard <5>

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 Garden City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Garden City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Garden City. 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 Garden City.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garden City ...

Looking for more information about Garden City? 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 Garden City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Garden City.

Adding Garden City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Garden City 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 Garden City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Garden City post office opened in 1902.

We also found Garden City on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Garden City. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Iowa: https://www.iowa.gov/