Garden City, Kansas | |
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City and county seat | |
Nickname(s): GCK, The Beef Empire[1] | |
Coordinates: 37°58′37″N 100°51′10″W / 37.97694°N 100.85278°W[2] | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
County | Finney |
Founded | 1878 |
Incorporated | 1883 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Deborah Oyler (R) |
Area | |
• Total | 10.93 sq mi (28.32 km2) |
• Land | 10.91 sq mi (28.26 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
Elevation | 2,828 ft (862 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 28,151 |
• Density | 2,600/sq mi (990/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP codes | 67846, 67868 |
Area code | 620 |
FIPS code | 20-25325 |
GNIS ID | 485579[2] |
Website | garden-city.org |
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States.[2] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 28,151.[4][5] The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.