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Garretson, SD -- U.S. city in South Dakota
Population (2000): 1165
Housing Units (2000): 458
Land area (2000): 1.480464 sq. miles (3.834383 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.010771 sq. miles (0.027898 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.491235 sq. miles (3.862281 sq. km)
FIPS code: 23820
Located within: South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location: 43.714479 N, 96.502020 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 57030
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Garretson

Garretson may refer to:

  • Garretson (surname)
  • Garretson, South Dakota
  • Garretson W. Gibson (1832–1910), President of Liberia
Garretson (surname)

Garretson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Austin B. Garretson (1856–1931), an American labor leader who became president of the Order of Railway Conductors.
  • Bob Garretson (born 1933), American racing driver
  • Darell Garretson (1932–2008), American basketball referee
  • John Wesley Garretson (1812-1895), a surveyor who mapped large areas of Askansas and New Mexico
  • Katy Garretson, American television director
  • Ron Garretson (born 1958), American professional basketball referee

Usage examples of "garretson".

One was a tall, slender chap named Garretson, whose connection with the company, I gathered from the conversation, took him often on important matters to New York.

Somehow, Gertrude and Garretson seemed naturally to gravitate toward the door together.

Part of it had been turned into a garage, where Garretson kept a fast car.

As we turned an angle of the house we came suddenly upon Garretson in his racer, talking to Gertrude.

Neither Garretson nor Jackson had been seen since the excitement of the explosion, they told him.

How she heard that, following the excitement of the explosion this afternoon, Gertrude and Garretson had disappeared, I do not pretend to know.

The fire-eating Garretson had been afraid of the Sneddens and Jackson, who was their friend.