Map of Garden City, Georgia

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. Garden City is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Garden City city overview:
Name:	Garden City city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Georgia
County:	Chatham County
Elevation:	16 ft (5 m)
Total Area:	14.47 sq mi (37.48 km²)
Land Area:	14.32 sq mi (37.08 km²)
Water Area:	0.15 sq mi (0.40 km²)
Total Population:	10,289
Population Density:	718.61/sq mi (277.46/km²)
Area code:	912
FIPS code:	1332048
GNISfeature ID:	0331788
Website:	www.gardencityga.org

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History

From the Reconstruction Era until the 1930s, the area was home to three major plantations: Brampton, Givens and Telfair. Garden City was incorporated on February 8, 1939, as Industrial City Gardens. The name was officially changed to Garden City on March 24, 1941.

Neighborhoods and housing

The oldest inhabited section of Garden City roughly corresponds to the triangle formed by Smith Avenue, State Highway 25 (Main Street) and State Highway 21 corridors. Throughout its history, Garden City has significantly expanded westward and southward. It has acquired several residential subdivisions, which include:

Garden City is home to the following apartment complexes, rental housing units and mobile home parks:

Garden City Road Map

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Geography

Garden City is located northwest of the center of Chatham County at 32°6′1″N 81°9′54″W / 32.10028°N 81.16500°W / 32.10028; -81.16500 (32.100372, −81.164965). It is bordered to the southeast by the city of Savannah, to the west by the city of Pooler, and to the north by the city of Port Wentworth. To the northeast in unincorporated land is the Port of Savannah and the Savannah River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Garden City has a total area of 14.3 square miles (37.1 km), of which 13.7 square miles (35.5 km) is land and 0.62 square miles (1.6 km), or 4.35%, is water.