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Garden City

Ghost town · Custer County, Idaho

Challis quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:62,500)
Challis quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Garden City is a ghost town in Custer County, Idaho. It is one of 9 former communities in Custer County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 36 Idaho counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Garden City as a historical populated place on the Challis topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 44.5074° N, 114.2248° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleChallis
Elevation5,182 ft
Nearest living townChallis, ID
Distance to it0.2 miles
GNIS feature ID399044
Coordinates44.50742, -114.22479

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What's there now

Garden City is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Challis, ID (population 794), about 0.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,182 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Garden City?

Garden City is in Custer County, Idaho, at 44.5074, -114.2248.

How many ghost towns are in Custer County?

Custer County, Idaho has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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