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About Garden City
Garden City is a small unincorporated community in southeastern South Carolina.
Garden City holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.34 square miles.
📰 Garden City News Today
- News - Charleston District completes $72 million Grand Strand renourishment project dvidshub.net · Aug 17
- Victim treated and released after reported shark bite in Garden City WPDE · Jul 30
- 4 years after deadly Garden City beach umbrella accident, new safety standard aims to prevent another WBTW · Aug 10
- Watch as a King Tide floods Garden City, SC (Video) Myrtle Beach Sun News · Jul 14
- Garden City CDP, South Carolina Census.gov · Aug 4
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Garden City Unique
- One of 14 places in the US named Garden City — but the South Carolina one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern South Carolina, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Garden City
📍 Spring Forest📍 Bermuda Bay📍 Brighton Woods📍 Brittmore Park📍 Brookefield Estates📍 Burkridge📍 Cambridge📍 Carolina Woods📍 Cedar Woods📍 Chapel Ridge📍 Charleston Lakes📍 Collins Glenn📍 Cypress Estates📍 Cypress Keyes📍 Fairways📍 Farm at Timberlake📍 Garden Grove📍 Garden Lakes Village📍 Glens📍 Grand Vistas📍 Green Lakes MHP📍 Hamilton Estates📍 Harmony at St. James📍 Indian Wells
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Garden City
- Francesco’s Pizza Kitchen — pizza
- Mango Thai
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Thai Fusion — thai
- The Venue Club Restaurant at International Club — pizza
- Acme Bar & Grill
- Aromas — pizza
- Beachin Southern Restaurant
- Captain Jimmy's Inlet Crab House
- Carolina Tavern
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Garden City Pavilion Arcade · Attraction
- The Pier at Garden City · Arcade
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Garden City
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Garden City
- Seaside Elementary
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateSouth Carolina
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area5.34 sq mi
Coordinates33.5917, -79.0066