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Garden’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Garden. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Garden is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rich County, Utah, United States. The population was 240 at the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 181 to 240 (+33%). Half of its homes were built before 1993.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Garden yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Garden’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Garden

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Kip S. ThorneKip S. ThorneLogan · 24 miGutzon BorglumGutzon BorglumSt. Charles · 16 miJohn GilbertJohn GilbertLogan · 24 miMerlin OlsenMerlin OlsenLogan · 24 miDavid M. KennedyDavid M. KennedyRandolph · 19 miMarriner Stoddard EcclesMarriner Stoddard EcclesLogan · 24 mi
By decade

Garden, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Garden is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Garden has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tony Grove Ranger Station Historic District in Garden, 7.8 miles away.

Garden and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Garden. Tap a dot.
Tony Grove Ranger Station Historic DistrictAnna Nielsen Scofield HouseHatch's CampWilhelmina Nelson House and CabinsRandolph TabernacleBell-Johnson House

Closest to Garden

Tony Grove Ranger Station Historic DistrictGarden · District7.8miAnna Nielsen Scofield HouseSt. Charles · Building11.4miHatch's CampNorth Logan · Building13.8miWilhelmina Nelson House and CabinsSt. Charles · Building16.3miRandolph TabernacleRandolph · Built 189818.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Tony Grove Ranger Station Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Garden?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Garden’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Garden City📜 Laketown📜 St. Charles📜 Randolph
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