| Garden City, Colorado | |
| Official Name: | Town of Garden City[1] |
| Settlement Type: | Statutory Town |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the Town of Garden City in the |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Weld County |
| Government Footnotes: | [2] |
| Government Type: | Statutory Town |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Fil Archuleta |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor Pro Tem |
| Leader Name1: | Gary Sorenson |
| Leader Title2: | Trustees |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1935 |
| Established Title2: | Incorporated (town) Initial filing |
| Established Date2: | September 14, 1936[3] |
| Established Title3: | Incorporated (town) Uncontested Filing |
| Established Date3: | August 2, 1938 [4] |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Area Footnotes: | [5] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.292 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.292 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.000 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [6] |
| Population Total: | 254 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Front Range |
| Population Blank1: | 5,055,344 |
| Timezone1: | MST |
| Utc Offset1: | −07:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | −06:00 |
| Coordinates: | 40.3947°N -104.6886°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [7] |
| Elevation M: | 1431 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4695 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[8] |
| Postal Code: | 80631 |
| Area Code: | 970 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 08-29185 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0180637 |
The Town of Garden City is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States.[1] The town population was 254 at the 2020 United States Census.[5] 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.
Garden City is located at 40.3947°N -104.6886°W (40.394766, -104.688634).[9]
At the 2020 United States Census, the town had a total area of 0.292km2, all of it land.[5]
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. [4]
Garden City is within Weld County School District Six. As of 2008 residents are zoned to Jackson Elementary School,[10] Brentwood Middle School,[11] and Greeley Central High School.[12] All of the schools assigned to Garden City are in Greeley.