Garden City, Utah
| Garden City, Utah | |
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| Town | |
Grandma's Pantry, Garden City
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 Location in Rich County and the state of Utah |
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 Location of Utah in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 41°56′45″N 111°23′35″W / 41.94583°N 111.39306°WCoordinates: 41°56′45″N 111°23′35″W / 41.94583°N 111.39306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Rich |
| Incorporated | 1934 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.5 sq mi (11.7 km2) |
| • Land | 4.5 sq mi (11.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,968 ft (1,819 m) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 567 |
| • Density | 79.3/sq mi (30.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) |
| ZIP code | 84028 |
| Area code(s) | 435 |
| FIPS code | 49-27930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1428133 |
Garden City is a town in Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 562 at the 2010 census. Garden City sits on the shores of Bear Lake and is a popular summer resort destination town.
Garden City was first settled in 1877 and an LDS branch was formed there at that time. Two years later the town had grown into a ward. In 1979, it merged with the neighboring town of Pickelville.
in 1903 Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall Crocker stopped in Garden City on the first automobile journey across the United States.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.7 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 357 people, 131 households, and 99 families residing in the town. The population density was 79.3 people per square mile (30.6/km²). There were 881 housing units at an average density of 195.6 per square mile (75.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.32% White, 0.28% Native American, 0.28% from other races, and 1.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population.
There were 131 households out of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% were married couples living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.69 and the average family size was 3.10.
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