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Welcome to Garden Plain ...

The city of Garden Plain is located in Sedgwick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garden Plain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for Garden Plain: Garden Pln.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Garden Plain has a population of 910 people<2> (see below for details).

Garden Plain is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Garden Plain: 316

The ZIP code for Garden Plain: 67050<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Garden Plain had an population of 910 people. This is an increase of 7.18% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 14.18% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Garden Plain had a population of 849 people. This makes Garden Plain the county's 15th most populous community.

The population of Garden Plain represents 0.03% of the total population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's 221st most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 849 people, the population of Garden Plain increased 6.52% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 797 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Garden Plain.

Communities Also Named Garden Plain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Garden Plain - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Garden Plain ...

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

  • Wichita
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Haysville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Maize
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Maize is located in Sedgwick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maize
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,267 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maize <5>
  • Goddard
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Clearwater
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Cheney
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Colwich
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Conway Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Haven
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Andale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Garden Plain ...

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

Adding Garden Plain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Garden Plain 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 (so far) for Garden Plain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Garden Plain post office opened in 1875.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Sedgwick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Garden Plain.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Garden Plain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Garden Plain). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Garden Plain or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/