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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Garden City (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Garden City. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

A Few Details for Garden City ...

While it's still very early in our research, we found that:

  • Garden City was established in 1877.
  • It was incorporated in 1934.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Garden City is located in Rich County.

To see how the shape of Utah's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Rich County: Bear Lake (ID), Cache, Morgan, Summit, Weber, Lincoln (WY) & Uinta (WY).

Below are the counties that are near Garden City. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Garden City:

  • Rich County     (The home county of Garden City)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
    • Pickelville ‑ Historic
      (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Garden
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Garden have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden
      • Garden is located in Rich County
    • Meadowville
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Laketown
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Round Valley ‑ Historic
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Sage Creek Junction ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Sage Creek ‑ Historic
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Randolph
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Randolph have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
      • Randolph is located in Rich County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 500 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Randolph <2>
    • Argyle ‑ Historic
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cache County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
    • Brachipad
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brachipad. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brachipad
      • Brachipad is located in Cache County
      • Brachipad has also been known as:
      • Brachipad Summer Home Area
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Brachipad
      • From Garden City to Brachipad
    • Beindneau
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • White Horse Village
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
    • Cove
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
      • Cove is located in Cache County
    • Richmond
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richmond have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
      • Richmond is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,899 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <2>
    • Smithfield
      (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
    • Hyde Park
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • North Logan
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Lewiston
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Logan
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • River Heights
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for River Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Heights
      • River Heights is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,141 people
    • Amalga
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Providence
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Providence have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Providence
      • Providence is located in Cache County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,051 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Providence <2>
  • Bear Lake County (ID)
  • Franklin County (ID)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
    • Cherryville
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Franklin
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Franklin have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
      • Franklin is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <2>
    • Whitney
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
    • Preston
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Preston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
      • Preston is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,678 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Preston <2>
    • Utida
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Utida. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Utida
      • Utida is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Utida
      • From Garden City to Utida
    • Weston
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Weston have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston
      • Weston is located in Franklin County (ID)
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 482 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weston <2>
  • Lincoln County (WY)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.
    • Taylor
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Taylor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylor
      • Taylor is located in Lincoln County (WY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Taylor
      • From Garden City to Taylor
    • Border
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Border. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border
      • Border is located in Lincoln County (WY)
      • Google driving directions:
      • From your current location to Border
      • From Garden City to Border
    • Cokeville
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Garden City, see our County-by-County Page for Garden City.

Cemeteries Near Garden City ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Garden City.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Garden City covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Garden City had a population of 52 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service. In 2020, Garden City had a population of 617 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Garden City, with the one closest to Garden City listed first.

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Garden City. See our List of 1890's Communities around Garden City.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Garden City ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 41 newspapers that have been published in the area around Garden City.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Garden City. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Garden City and those printed in the larger area surrounding Garden City.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 28 miles [45.1 km]<6> of Garden City.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Garden City:

The official website for Garden City: www.gardencityut.us/

The official website for State of Utah: https://www.utah.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Garden City, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Garden City) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Garden City. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 41.9466, Longitude: -111.3934    









 

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