Welcome to New Garden ...

New Garden is located in Ray County<1>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Garden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

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

New Garden is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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 North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania 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.

• Liberty
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Liberty is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,418 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>
• Excelsior Springs
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Excelsior Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Springs
  • Excelsior Springs is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,833 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Excelsior Springs <4>
• Kearney
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kearney have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kearney
  • Kearney is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,155 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kearney <4>
• Richmond
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
  • Richmond is located in Ray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,603 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <4>
• Lexington
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington
  • Lexington is located in Lafayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,543 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lexington <4>
• Pleasant Valley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
  • Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
• Buckner
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buckner
  • Buckner is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,010 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buckner <4>
• Lawson
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawson
  • Lawson is located in Ray County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,402 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawson <4>
• Lathrop
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lathrop have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lathrop
  • Lathrop is located in Clinton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,019 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lathrop <4>
• Claycomo
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Claycomo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
  • Claycomo is located in Clay County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people

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 the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section 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.<5>

From that list, the New Garden post office opened in 1851.

We also found New Garden in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/