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 | |
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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] |
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):
- Mercy Ships,[4]
- Youth With A Mission Tyler,[5][6]
- Dallas Holm Praise Ministries,[7] and
- JAMA Global.[8]
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.