Garden City, Minnesota

Garden City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Garden City Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 255 as of the 2010 census.[2]

Historical population
CensusPop.%±
1870368—
1880293−20.4%
2010255—
U.S. Decennial Census[4]
Garden City
Census-designated place (CDP) & Unincorporated community
Garden City
Location of the community of Garden City
within Garden City Township, Blue Earth County
Coordinates: 44°02′50″N 94°09′54″W
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyBlue Earth County
TownshipGarden City Township
Area
[1]
 • Total1.886 sq mi (4.88 km2)
 • Land1.794 sq mi (4.65 km2)
 • Water0.092 sq mi (0.24 km2)
Elevation
919 ft (280 m)
Population
 (2010)[2]
 • Total255
 • Density140/sq mi (52/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)507
GNIS feature ID644024[3]

History

A post office called Garden City was established in 1857.[5] The community was named from the garden-like setting of the original town site.[6] The First Baptist Church building was completed in 1868.

In 1921, on a visit from London, Henry Wellcome donated land he had purchased to the hamlet of Garden City to build a consolidated school.[7] The school that was built on the site became Wellcome Memorial school, eventually combining with Rapidan, Vernon Center, and Lake Crystal school districts. The building now serves as the site of Wellcome Manor Family Services.[8]

Notable people

References
  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. "Garden City, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. United States Census Bureau. "Census of Population and Housing".
  5. "Blue Earth County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  6. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 177.
  7. Minneapolis Morning Tribune July 31, 1921. "An Investment in Lots and Love".
  8. "Wellcome Manor Family Services". Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  9. Minneapolis Morning Tribune July 31, 1921. "An Investment in Lots and Love".


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