Garden Valley is a crossroads community in Smith County, Texas, United States, located approximately seven miles west of Lindale.[2][1] It is 79 miles east of Dallas.

Garden Valley, Texas
Garden Valley is located in Texas
Garden Valley
Garden Valley
Coordinates: 32°31′34″N 95°32′33″W / 32.52611°N 95.54250°W / 32.52611; -95.54250
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountySmith
Elevation
591 ft (180 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)430 & 903
GNIS feature ID2034667[1]

Historically, prior to the formation of nearby town of Van (six 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 hotel.[3] Today, only one stop sign is in the community's center, with no businesses or public buildings. The city had a population of 150 people in 2000.

The area surrounding Garden Valley hosts the headquarters of several Christian ministries (the mailing addresses for the organizations are shown as nearby Lindale):

It was also the home of Last Days Ministries, the ministry of the late Christian singer Keith Green; Green (along with two of his small children, who died in a plane crash) is interred in the Garden Valley Cemetery behind the local Baptist church.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Garden Valley, Texas". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Smith County Historical Society, Historical Atlas of Smith County (Tyler, Texas: Tyler Print Shop, 1965)
  3. ^ "TSHA | Garden Valley, TX".
  4. ^ "Mercy Ships". Mercy Ships. 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "YWAM Tyler Location". YWAM. 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  6. ^ "YWAM Tyler About". YWAM Tyler. 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  7. ^ "Contact". November 21, 2014.
  8. ^ "JAMA Global". Retrieved May 1, 2023.