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History · Garden City

Garden City’s post office opened in 1902, and 61% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1975 on.

1902first post office
0on the National Register
61%homes built before 1940
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How Garden City began

When was Garden City founded?

1902

The Garden City post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 100124 years
Founding year: the first Garden City post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Garden City’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Garden City are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Garden City’s homes were built before 1938.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Garden City’s history is told.

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The story

How Garden City came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Garden City.

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Garden City got its start in the year 1901, following construction of the railroad through that territory. The population was 85 in 1940.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Garden City on the map, 1975 to 1993

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Garden City. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Garden City on the 1975 USGS mapGarden City on the 1985 USGS mapGarden City on the 1993 USGS map1975Mc Callsburg sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Garden City.

Famous people

Famous people close to Garden City

Nobody well known was born in Garden City itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Laurel ClarkNASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States N… · b. 1961
Peter SchickeleAmerican composer, musical educator, and parodi… · b. 1935
Sara ParetskyAmerican author of detective fiction · b. 1947
Joe BurrowAmerican football player · b. 1996
Jane EspensonAmerican television writer and producer · b. 1964
Gordon JonesAmerican actor · b. 1911

Questions about Garden City’s history

What year was Garden City founded?

The Garden City post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.