Garden City is a town in northwestern Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 602 at the 2020 census. Garden City sits on the shores of Bear Lake and is a popular summer resort destination town, thus nicknamed the "Caribbean of the Rockies”.

History

Garden City was first settled in 1877, and an LDS branch was formed there. Two years later the town had grown into a ward. In 1979, it merged with the neighboring town of Pickelville.

In 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall Crocker stopped in Garden City on the first automobile journey across the United States.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.5&nbsp;square miles (11.7&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all land.

Demographics

As of the census

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See also

  • List of cities and towns in Utah
  • Pickelville, a former town that merged with Garden City
  • Pickleville Playhouse, a musical theater in Garden City

References