Garden City, Missouri
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Index Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64747. The Survey maps it on the Garden City quadrangle. 1,629 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
On record in Garden City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- O'Bannon Homesteadlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresGarden City fell from 1,642 to 1,629 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,642 | |
| 2020 | 1,629 | -13 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1887 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1894 USGS Harrisonville quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Lawrence quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Olathe quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
187 words on this townshipHistory of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917 names this settlement in its chapter on Index Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
1873. Hugh G. Glenn was clerk of the association and the writer was a delegate to this association. It is quite interesting to reflect and recall the names and faces of the many who attended this meeting. Alas, these men and woman, like the town, have passed the way of all the earth. Few there are who now remember this town, although it has been gone but a few years. On the demise of Index town, some of its houses and all its business moved to the present thriving city of Garden City, in the same township.
Passage source: History of Cass County, Missouri, published 1917.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Garden City between 1996 and 2018, burning about 18 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 4 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 165862-01917-01042018-1402 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Garden City: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
42 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garden City in 42 storm reports between 1994 and 2021: 22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | 1 killed, 2 hurt, $150,000 | Two mobile homes destroyed with two injuries. One of these injured died as a result of their injuries on September 3, 2003. One house had major damage with one injury. Numerous trees down or damaged along with outbuildings. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Garden City | $200,000 | Tornado briefly touched down at Highway 7 and County Road Z interchange. No damage and was reported by storm chaser. Tornado touched back down just north of the interchange, and then continued intermittently for 4 miles to the Johnson county line around Latour, near the inersection of Routes 2 and 131. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $100,000 | Winds of around 70 to 80 mph occurred in Garden City as a strong, decaying thunderstorm moved into that area. While the storm was severe, the winds in and around Garden City were somewhat unique to the event and the damage across the city indicated some enhanced winds, probably associated with a significant downburst. While the official estimate is around 70 to 80 mph winds, it's plausible that faster winds were experienced in that area with this event solely based on the damage. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $10,000 | Roof tiles blown off. Automobile had windshield shattered and roof dented in. TV antenna blown over. A single wide trailer moved 4 feet of its foundation. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $8,000 | Two barns destroyed and a grove of trees flattened. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | $1,000 | Power lines downed. |
| June 2021 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Several roads were underwater in and around Harrisonville, namely Highway 291 near Home Farm Road and 283rd Road near Kauffman Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Public measured 64 mph wind in Garden City, Missouri. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Garden City | - | Ping pong ball sized hail covered the deck like snow. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Garden City | - | This report was received via social media. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Power lines were down in and around Garden City. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Debris from a barn was thrown across HWY N and Chandler Road near Garden City. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Several trees and power lines were down near Garden City. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Several tree limbs up to 3 inches in diameter were knocked down and shingles were peeled up and blown off of several houses. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | A large tree was blown down with numerous tree limbs. Neither the size of the tree nor the limbs are known. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Garden City | - | Penny to ping pong size hail covered the ground. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Several streets and yards were flooded. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Multiple trees were down at Garden Hill Mobile Home Park. A tree fell into and damaged a structure near Garden City, Missouri. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Several tree limbs were broken off, by thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Garden City | - | On Highway 7. |
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Garden City | - | Brief tornado touchdown. No damage reported. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Garden City | - | Also had estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| May 2002 | Flash Flood | Garden City | - | Flooding reported in Garden City. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Law enforcement officials reported 60 mph wind gusts. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garden City | - | Four large trees were blown down. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| February 2017 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Hail | Garden City | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockford (historical) | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Dayton | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Daugherty | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Oviet (historical) | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Austin | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Gunn City | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| East Lynne | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Creighton | 7.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Garden City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q962243 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 718333. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








