Welcome to Garfield ...

So far, we found very little information about Garfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Garfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Garfield, please Contact Us.

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Garfield would have been located within present day Rowan County<2>.

The location of Garfield has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garfield, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Garfield is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Garfield was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Garfield still existed, it would have been in the (704) & (980)<5> area codes.

Websites for Garfield ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rowanchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Garfield, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Garfield ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 48 communities that are also named Garfield - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Garfield ...

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

• Concord
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Cabarrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 98,500 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <6>
• Kannapolis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kannapolis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kannapolis
  • Kannapolis is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,007 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kannapolis <6>
• Salisbury
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salisbury
  • Salisbury is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,821 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salisbury <6>
• Albemarle
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albemarle
  • Albemarle is located in Stanly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,344 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albemarle <6>
• China Grove
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Grove
  • China Grove is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,249 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for China Grove <6>
• Locust
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Locust have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust
  • Locust is located in Stanly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,270 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Locust <6>
• Spencer
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
  • Spencer is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,260 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <6>
• Landis
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Landis have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landis
  • Landis is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,148 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landis <6>
• Granite Quarry
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Quarry
  • Granite Quarry is located in Rowan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,002 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite Quarry <6>
• Mount Pleasant
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Cabarrus County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,226 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <6>

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

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

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

Adding Garfield to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Garfield 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 Garfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Garfield post office opened in 1880.

We also found Garfield in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Garfield.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Rowan County: www.co.rowan.nc.us/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/