Gardner Florida Map

About Gardner, Florida

Gardner is a locality in Hardee County, Florida, United States. It is a small community with a population of 381. The population density is 25.2 people per km². Gardner is located at 27.3517°N, 81.7998°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 33890.

Gardner slumbers in the heart of Hardee County, a place where the land breathes a quiet kind of warmth, a humid exhalation carrying the scent of pine needles and damp earth. It lies 14.2 miles north-north-east of Nocatee, FL (from Nocatee, FL: bearing 21°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south of Zolfo Springs. The terrain here is a study in gentle flatness, punctuated by shallow creeks that meander like forgotten thoughts through pastures and groves. Live oaks, their limbs draped with Spanish moss, stand sentinel over fields of cattle, their shadows stretching long and languid in the afternoon sun. The sky overhead is a vast, often luminous dome, particularly at dusk when it bleeds into hues of apricot and rose, casting a soft, almost melancholic glow over the scattered homes and the slow-moving clouds. The history of Gardner is etched not in grand monuments but in the enduring agricultural spirit of its people. Once, this was a landscape shaped by the labor of citrus groves and cattle ranches, and that legacy still hums beneath the surface, evident in the weathered barns and the quiet pride of those who tend the land. The local economy, though diversified, still leans on the bounty of the soil, with farming and related industries providing the steady, unhurried rhythm of life. Gardner’s character is less about conspicuous attractions and more about the subtle beauty of its everyday existence – the way the light catches the dew on a spiderweb in the morning, or the shared nod between neighbors on a dusty country road.

About This Gardner Map Page

This page provides an interactive Google map of Gardner, Florida with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Gardner and Hardee County.

Detailed location data for Gardner includes the ZIP code (3389), telephone area code (239, 305, 321, 352, 386, 407, 448, 561, 689, 727, 754, 772, 786, 813, 850, 863, 904, 941, 954), county seat of Hardee County (Wauchula), and school district assignment (Hardee County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Gardner is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.