Gardnersville | |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Pushpin Map: | Liberia |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Liberia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Liberia |
Subdivision Type1: | County |
Subdivision Name1: | Montserrado County |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Greater Monrovia |
Leader Title: | Commissioner |
Leader Name: | Rev. David Roberts |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Coordinates: | 6.3419°N -10.7333°W |
Gardnersville or Gardnesville is a township in the Greater Monrovia District, Liberia.
During the Liberian Civil War, the area was war torn and thousands of refugees hid in buildings in Gardnersville and Chocolate City.[1] [2] On October 20, 1992, two American nuns from the Precious Blood order were ambushed by soldiers of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia and murdered and had their vehicle stolen.[3] In 1993 the situation became so bad that the suburb became inaccessible.[4]
In 2018 President George Weah appointed Rev. David Roberts as Commissioner for Gardnersville.[5]