Garden City, Kansas

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Garden City, Kansas is a small city in southwestern Kansas known as a regional agricultural and commercial hub on the High Plains.


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instanceOf city
county seat
airport Garden City Regional Airport
areaCode 620
climate semi-arid climate
coordinateLatitude 37.9717°N
coordinateLongitude 100.8727°W
country United States
county Finney County, Kansas
demographicCharacteristic ethnically diverse population
distanceTo about 200 miles west of Wichita, Kansas
about 60 miles east of the Colorado border
elevation approximately 2,850 feet
founded 1878
governmentType commission–manager
hasAttraction Finney County Historical Museum
Lee Richardson Zoo
hasEvent Finney County Fair
hasFacility Finney County Courthouse
higherEducationInstitution Garden City Community College
incorporated 1883
isCountySeatOf Finney County, Kansas
knownFor commercial center for western Kansas
meatpacking industry
regional agricultural hub
locatedIn High Plains
Southwestern Kansas
majorHighway U.S. Route 400 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED
U.S. Route 83 NERFINISHED
media The Garden City Telegram
namedAfter Garden City, New York
nearestMajorCity Dodge City, Kansas
population approximately 28,000 (2020 census)
postalCode 67846
primaryEconomicSector agriculture
food processing
retail trade
region Great Plains
regionalRole trade center for surrounding rural areas
river Arkansas River
schoolDistrict Garden City USD 457
servedByAirline American Airlines (regional service)
state Kansas
timeZone Central Time Zone
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time
transportation regional bus services

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U.S. Route 50
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