Welcome to Garden City ...

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

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

Garden City would have been located within present day Salt Lake County<2>.

We aren't confident of the location of Garden City, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Garden City, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Time Zone: The area where Garden City was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Garden City would have been located in the (801) and (385)<4> area codes.

Communities Also Named Garden City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Utah communities named Garden City: This one is located in Salt Lake County and the other is located in Rich County.

Beyond Utah, there are 38 communities that are also named Garden City - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida (3), Georgia, Idaho (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, 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), 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.

• Salt Lake City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salt Lake City
  • Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 204,087 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salt Lake City <5>
• West Jordan
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Jordan
  • West Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 116,530 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Jordan <5>
• Sandy
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sandy have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy
  • Sandy is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,871 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy <5>
• South Jordan
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Jordan
  • South Jordan is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 78,503 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Jordan <5>
• Millcreek
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Millcreek have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millcreek
  • Millcreek is located in Salt Lake County
• Taylorsville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taylorsville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
  • Taylorsville is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,402 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taylorsville <5>
• Draper
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
  • Draper is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,963 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Draper <5>
• Murray
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Murray is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,355 people
  • Murray has also been known as:
  • Murray City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Murray <5>
• Riverton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverton
  • Riverton is located in Salt Lake County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,369 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverton <5>
• Pleasant Grove
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
  • Pleasant Grove is located in Utah County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,241 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Grove <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.

Adding Garden City to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Garden City was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Salt Lake County: www.slco.org/

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