Garrett

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Garrett

Total population

6,642

Median home value

$154,200

15.3%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$64,179

Garrett$64k

National$74k

Elevation268 m

Land area9.97 km²

Coordinates41.35°, -85.12°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Garrett is a city in Keyser Township, DeKalb County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Garrett had a population of 6,542.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

John Bowers

American stage and silent film actor (1885-1936)

Louis William Tordella

Deputy Director of the NSA (1911–1996)

Clement A. Lounsberry

American military officer and newspaper editor (1843–1926)

Susan Brooks

former U.S. Representative from Indiana

Will Cuppy

American writer (1884–1949)

Herbert Hice Whetzel

American mycologist and plant pathologist (1877–1944)

Chick Stahl

American baseball player

D

Dean Kruse

American politician

Dennis Kruse

American politician

MaChelle Joseph

American basketball player-coach

Rollie Zeider

American baseball player (1883-1967)

R

Russell W. Kruse

American businessman

S

Sheldon Vanauken

American journalist

Walter Hartman Hodge

American judge (1896-1975)

W

Wayne Schurr

American baseball player (1937–2024)

M

Mark William Shaw

American author, lawyer, broadcaster

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Indiana

• Auburn
  3.7 mi away · pop. 13,565
• Avilla
  5.7 mi away · pop. 2,878
• Laotto
  5.8 mi away
• Kendallville
  9.4 mi away
• Spencerville
  11.3 mi away
• Grabill
  12.8 mi away
• Churubusco
  13.2 mi away · pop. 1,757
• Harlan
  14.9 mi away · pop. 1,254
• Stroh
  16.4 mi away
• Hamilton
  16.7 mi away · pop. 1,939
• Lake Everett
  16.8 mi away
• Holiday Woods
  18.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Garrett

Railroad employee's rate book, B & O employees, 1951, Garrett, Indiana

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company · 1950

So grows a city

1975

Garrett genealogy

Samuel B. Garrett · 1990

Garrett's "In the beginnings"

Jeanne Southwood Garrett

Lincoln the Hoosier

Vannest, Charles Garrett · 1928

Insoluble residue studies of Mississippian limestone in Indiana

Henry Garrett Martin · 1931

Getting open

Tom Graham · 2008

Prentice Hall Literature [Grade Ten]

Kevin Feldman · 2007

Search results from Open Library.