Gardnersville

Gardnersville
Town and suburb
Gardnersville

Location in Liberia

Coordinates: LR 6°20′31″N 10°44′0″W / 6.34194°N 10.73333°W / 6.34194; -10.73333Coordinates: LR 6°20′31″N 10°44′0″W / 6.34194°N 10.73333°W / 6.34194; -10.73333
Country  Liberia
County Montserrado County
District Greater Monrovia
Time zone GMT (UTC+0)

Gardnersville or Gardnesville is a town and central-northern suburb of Monrovia, Liberia. It is often considered part of Samie Town and Barnesville; the boundaries are unclear. Gardnersville is the area to the east of Chocolate City but it is better known as a suburb in its own right. Barnesville contains the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Transport Authority headquarters.[1]

During the Liberian Civil War, the area was war torn and thousands of refugees hid in buildings in Gardnersville and Chocolate City.[2][3] On 20 October 1992, two American nuns from the Precious Blood order were ambushed by soldiers of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia and murdered and had their vehicle stolen.[4] In 1993 the situation became so bad that the suburb became inaccessible.[5]

References

  1. Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. Huband, Mark (30 June 1998). The Liberian Civil War. Psychology Press. p. 214. ISBN 978-0-7146-4785-2. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. "A year after Liberia's bloody civil war". The Scotsman. 11 July 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. Corsun, Andrew (1995). Significant Incidents of Political Violence Against Americans. United States. Dept. of State. Bureau of Diplomatic Security, DIANE Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4289-6569-0. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain) (1993). Country report: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia. The Unit. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
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