Garden City Cemetery, Garden City Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States

Overview of Garden City Cemetery

• Name:
  Garden City Cemetery
• Place Type:
  Cemetery
• Located In:
  Garden City Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States
  
• Surveys:
  Township 107 North, Range 28 West, Fifth Principal Meridian
• Location:
  NW corner of the SW ¼ of Section 26 in Garden City Township
• Survey Area:
  NW corner of the SW ¼ of Section 26
  (unable to parse)
• Established:
  1859
• Condition:
  ?
• Note:
  Established 1859 by Mr. T.N. Boynton, who donated two acres of land for the cemetery. Later on more land was donated. The Garden City Cemetery Association was formed in 1861. The cemetery was platted and dedicated in May, 1863. It is the burial place for many early settlers of the township, war veterans, and the Jewett family, who were murdered by Indians on May 2, 1865.
• Coordinates:
  Latitude:44.042463544° 02' 32.9"N

  Longitude:-94.164680294° 09' 52.8"W
• Nearby Cities:
  • Garden City 0.3 mi. N
  • Lake Crystal 5.1 mi. NW
  • Good Thunder 5.6 mi. SE
  • Vernon Center 5.6 mi. S
  • Skyline 9.6 mi. NE
  • Amboy 10.7 mi. S
• Nearby Cemeteries:
  • Calvary (Rapidan Township) 4.6 mi. NE
  • Saint John (Rapidan Township) 5.2 mi. NE
  • Lake Crystal (Lake Crystal, Judson Township) 5.3 mi. NW
  • Lyra (Good Thunder, Lyra Township) 5.3 mi. SE
  • Lincoln (Lincoln Township) 5.4 mi. W
  • Saint Matthews (Vernon Center Township) 5.6 mi. S
  • Holy Family (Judson Township) 6.1 mi. NW
  • Calvary (Lyra Township) 6.1 mi. SE
  • Saint Johns (Lyra Township) 6.2 mi. SE
  • Vernon Center (Vernon Center Township) 6.4 mi. S
  • Holberg (Rapidan Township) 7.5 mi. NE
  • North Saint Johns (Ceresco Township) 8.2 mi. SW
• Elevation:
  308 m
• Histopolis Place ID:
  648021727
• Updated Jan 18, 2016