Garden Valley, Texas
Garden Valley, Texas | |
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  Garden Valley | |
| Coordinates: 32°31′34″N 95°32′33″W / 32.52611°N 95.54250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Smith |
| Elevation | 591 ft (180 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 430 & 903 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2034667[1] |
Garden Valley is a crossroads community about seven miles west of Lindale, Texas.[2][1] It is seventy-nine miles east of Dallas.
Historically, prior to the formation of nearby town of Van (6 miles west of Garden Valley) in the late 1920s when oil was discovered there, Garden Valley was a town with a post office, stage coach station and a hotel.[3] Today there is only one stop sign in the community's center with no businesses or public buildings. The city had a population of 150 people in 2000.
Garden Valley is headquarters of Christian ministries like Mercy Ships [4] and the Youth With A Mission America Office.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Garden Valley, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Smith County Historical Society, Historical Atlas of Smith County (Tyler, Texas: Tyler Print Shop, 1965)
- ^ http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlg06
- ^ "Mercy Ships". Mercy Ships. 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ^ "YWAM America Office, Texas". YWAM. 2015. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
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