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Garden City, MN - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Garden City  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Garden City Home page. The Garden City Home page provides as much information as possible on Garden City. Knowing Garden City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Garden City’s Home page, you will also find Garden City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Garden City has a population of 233. 54.9% of Garden City’s inhabitants are Male, and 45.1 are female. 52.8% of Garden City is married and 92.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $117,063, and the average rent is $1,281. Household median income in Garden City is $46,875, and the individual median income is $27,250. Garden City’s Ethnic is the following: White(96.6%), Native(2.6%), Hispanic(0.9%), Other(0.9%).


A post office called Garden City was established in 1857. The community was named from the garden-like setting of the original town site. The First Baptist Church building was completed in 1868. The Blue Earth County Fair has been held in Garden City since 1860 with the exception of a few years the fair was cancelled.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.


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.


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