Garden City, Roanoke, Virginia facts for kids

Garden City is a cool neighborhood in Roanoke, Virginia. It's located in the far southeast part of the city, right next to Mill Mountain. Think of a neighborhood as a smaller community within a bigger city, where people live close to each other.

Garden City shares its borders with other neighborhoods. To the north, you'll find Morningside and Riverdale. To the west, it's next to Mill Mountain and Southern Hills. The eastern side of Garden City touches Roanoke County. Back in the year 2000, about 2,981 people called Garden City home.

The History of Garden City

Garden City became part of the city of Roanoke in 1949. Before that, it was more like a rural area with lots of open land. Its development really started because of a big factory called the American Viscose Plant. This plant was built along the Roanoke River in 1917.

After 1949, Garden City began to change a lot. It went through something called suburbanization. This means that many new homes and buildings were constructed, turning the area into a suburb. Most of the buildings you see in Garden City today were built during the 1950s and 1960s.