Garden Valley is a crossroads community in Smith County about 7 miles west of Lindale, Texas.[2][1] It is 79 miles east of Dallas.

Garden Valley, Texas
Unincorporated community
Garden Valley
Coordinates: 32°31′34″N 95°32′33″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 (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 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.

Garden Valley is headquarters of Christian ministries Mercy Ships,[4] Youth With A Mission Tyler [5][6] and JAMA Global.[7] 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.

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