Garden City, Georgia | |
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City | |
 The 5000 block of the six-lane Augusta Road with George A. Mercer Middle School on the left as well as a few businesses | |
 Flag  Seal  Logo | |
| Motto: "Faith - Fairness - Family - Freedom - Future" | |
 Location in Chatham County and the state of Georgia | |
| Coordinates: 32°6′1″N 81°9′54″W / 32.10028°N 81.16500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| County | Chatham |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Bruce Campbell |
| • City Manager | Scott Robider |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.47 sq mi (37.48 km2) |
| • Land | 14.32 sq mi (37.08 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 10,289 |
| • Density | 718.61/sq mi (277.46/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| 31408 | 31405 |
| Area code | 912 |
| FIPS code | 13-32048[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0331788[2] |
| Website | www |
Garden City is a city in Chatham County, Georgia, United States, located just northwest of Savannah. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 10,289. Part industrial and part residential, the city is home to much of the heavy industry in Chatham County. It hosts the largest and busiest ocean terminal of the Port of Savannah, the flagship operation of the Georgia Ports Authority.
Garden City was created in 1939 as Industrial City Gardens, a community intended to house the large workforce required by the new factories and chemical plants just west of downtown Savannah.[4] Garden City is part of the Savannah metropolitan statistical area.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Garden City, Georgia
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Ed Jackson and Charles Pou, "This Day in Georgia History", Digital Library of Georgia, University of Georgia, 2010