Garden City, Colorado

The Town of Garden City is a Statutory Town located in Weld County, Colorado, United States.<ref name=COMun/> The town population was 254 at the 2020 United States census.<ref name=2020_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 Template:Coord (40.394766, -104.688634).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref>

At the 2020 United States census, the town had a total area of Template:Convert, all of it land.<ref name=2020_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. <ref name="History"/>

Education

Garden City is within Weld County School District Six. As of 2008 residents are zoned to Jackson Elementary School,<ref>"District 6 Elementary School Boundaries Template:Webarchive." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> Brentwood Middle School,<ref>"District 6 Middle School Boundaries Template:Webarchive." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> and Greeley Central High School.<ref>"District 6 High School Boundaries Template:Webarchive." Weld County School District Six. Retrieved on December 10, 2008.</ref> All of the schools assigned to Garden City are in Greeley. Template:Clear

See also

• Colorado
  • Bibliography of Colorado
  • Index of Colorado-related articles
  • Outline of Colorado
• List of counties in Colorado
• List of municipalities in Colorado
• List of places in Colorado
• List of statistical areas in Colorado
  • Front Range Urban Corridor
  • North Central Colorado Urban Area
  • Denver-Aurora, CO Combined Statistical Area
  • Greeley, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area

External links

• Town of Garden City website
• CDOT map of the Town of Garden City