Garden City, Colorado#History

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| name = Garden City, Colorado

| official_name = Town of Garden City{{cite web|url=https://dola.colorado.gov/lgis/municipalities.jsf|title=Active Colorado Municipalities|publisher=Colorado Department of Local Affairs|access-date=October 18, 2021}}

| settlement_type = Statutory Town

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Colorado}}

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Weld County

| government_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://townofgardencity.com/board.php|title=Garden City Board of Trustees|website=Town of Garden City|access-date=December 8, 2014}}

| government_type = Statutory Town

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Fil Archuleta

| leader_title1 = Mayor Pro Tem

| leader_name1 = Gary Sorenson

| leader_title2 = Trustees

| leader_name2 = {{ubl|Leigh Sorenson|Sam Parsons|Alex Lopez|Katherine Rodriguez|Rebecca Moreau}}

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = 1935

| established_title2 = Incorporated (town) Initial filing

| established_date2 = September 14, 1936{{cite web | url = http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/muninc.html | title = Colorado Municipal Incorporations | publisher = State of Colorado, Department of Personnel & Administration, Colorado State Archives | date = December 1, 2004 | access-date = September 2, 2007}}

| established_title3 = Incorporated (town) Uncontested Filing

| established_date3 = August 2, 1938 {{cite web|url=http://townofgardencity.com/history.php|title=Garden City History|website=Town of Garden City|access-date=December 8, 2014}}

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| area_footnotes = {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html|title=Decennial Census P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau, United States Department of Commerce|date=August 12, 2021|access-date=September 28, 2021}}

| area_total_km2 = 0.292

| area_land_km2 = 0.292

| area_water_km2 = 0.000

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{cite web |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Garden_City_town,_Colorado?g=160XX00US0829185 |title=Garden City town, Colorado |author=United States Census Bureau|date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=April 19, 2023 |quote=}}

| population_total = 254

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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| population_blank1_title = Front Range

| population_blank1 = 5,055,344

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| elevation_m = 1431

| elevation_ft = 4695

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| postal_code = 80631

| area_code = 970

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| blank_info = 08-29185

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| website = {{URL|http://townofgardencity.com/}}

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The Town of Garden City is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 254 at the 2020 United States census. Garden City is a part of the Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. It is surrounded by the cities of Greeley and Evans, Colorado.

Geography

Garden City is located at {{coord|40|23|41|N|104|41|19|W|type:city}} (40.394766, -104.688634).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}

At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of {{convert|0.292|km2|acre|order=flip}}, all of it land.

Demographics

{{US Census population

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|1940= 87

|1950= 104

|1960= 129

|1970= 142

|1980= 85

|1990= 199

|2000= 357

|2010= 234

|2020= 254

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census

}}

History

Garden City was founded on August 2, 1938, as a base for saloons and liquor stores serving residents of nearby Greeley, Colorado, which was then a Dry City. Shortly after the repeal of Prohibition in the United States, in June 1935, Greeley voters, by a majority of 356 votes, voted in the local option election to make Greeley "dry" and prohibit the sale, manufacture, transportation, or possession of liquor in the city limits of Greeley. The morning following the election, two Greeley liquor stores were closed by the Chief of Police. The Greeley Tribune published several articles about a Wet Town incorporating Greeley's southern edge.

This area was home to a 10-acre area known at the time as Ray's Cottage Camp, owned by Mrs. A.F. Ray. The law for incorporating a town at the time required a petition to be filled with Weld County of 30 or more residents who were also landowners. Mrs. Ray sold cabins and lots in her Cottage Camp for as little as $100.00 so that Garden City could meet the petition criteria.

According to Tribune articles written at the time, the incorporation of Garden City was challenged and found to be invalid twice but Garden City did finally become incorporated on the third attempt in 1938. According to the incorporation document on file in the Clerk's Office, the incorporation date was August 2, 1938.

Education

Garden City is within Weld County School District Six. As of 2008 residents are zoned to Jackson Elementary School,"[http://www.greeleyschools.org/www/greeley/site/hosting/Communication%20Services/Maps/elementary%20attendance%20boundaries.pdf District 6 Elementary School Boundaries] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726131344/http://www.greeleyschools.org/www/greeley/site/hosting/Communication%20Services/Maps/elementary%20attendance%20boundaries.pdf |date=July 26, 2011 }}." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008. Brentwood Middle School,"[http://www.greeleyschools.org/www/greeley/site/hosting/Communication%20Services/Maps/middle%20school%20attendance%20boundaries.pdf District 6 Middle School Boundaries] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726131431/http://www.greeleyschools.org/www/greeley/site/hosting/Communication%20Services/Maps/middle%20school%20attendance%20boundaries.pdf |date=July 26, 2011 }}." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008. and Greeley Central High School."[http://www.greeleyschools.org/www/greeley/site/hosting/Communication%20Services/Maps/high%20school%20attendance%20boundaries.pdf District 6 High School Boundaries] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726131500/http://www.greeleyschools.org/www/greeley/site/hosting/Communication%20Services/Maps/high%20school%20attendance%20boundaries.pdf |date=July 26, 2011 }}." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008. All of the schools assigned to Garden City are in Greeley.

References

External links

[http://townofgardencity.com/ Town of Garden City website]
[http://dtdapps.coloradodot.info/staticdata/Downloads/CityMaps/Garden%20City.pdf CDOT map of the Town of Garden City]

Category:Towns in Colorado

Category:Towns in Weld County, Colorado