Garden City, Louisiana

Unincorporated community in Louisiana, United States

Garden City, Louisiana

Unincorporated community

Garden City, Louisiana

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Garden City, Louisiana

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Coordinates: 29°45′56″N 91°27′56″W﻿ / ﻿29.76556°N 91.46556°W﻿ / 29.76556; -91.46556
Country| United States
State| Louisiana
Parish| St. Mary
Elevation

| 13 ft (4 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code|

70540

Area code| 337
GNIS feature ID| 560813[1]

Garden City is an unincorporated community in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is on the south bank of the Bayou Teche, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Franklin and 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Centerville another unincorporated community. Garden City had a post office until it closed on September 24, 2011; it still has its own ZIP code, 70540.[2][3]

## History

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Garden City was founded as a company town by the Albert Hanson Lumber Company. In 1993, two former company properties were added to the National Register of Historic Places: Hanson Lumber Company Office and Hanson Lumber Company Owner's House.

## Education

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Garden City is served by the Centerville School (K-12) of the St. Mary Parish School Board, located in Centerville.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Garden City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ United States Postal Service. "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 19, 2015.
3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
4. ^ "About Our School." Centerville School. Retrieved on December 4, 2016.

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Municipalities and communities of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States

Parish seat: Franklin

Cities|

* Franklin
* Morgan City‡
* Patterson

Towns|

* Baldwin
* Berwick

CDPs|

* Amelia
* Bayou Vista
* Centerville
* Charenton
* Glencoe
* Siracusaville
* Sorrel

Other
communities|

* Florence
* Garden City
* Midway

Indian reservation|

* Chitimacha reservation

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent parish or parishes

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