Welcome to Girard ...So far, we found very little information about Girard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Girard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Girard, please Contact Us. Girard would have been located within present day Kern County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Girard, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. Time Zone: The area where Girard was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Girard ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Girard - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Texas and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Girard. Communities near Girard ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Girard.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Girard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Girard. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Girard. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Girard. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Girard. See our Newspapers Page for Girard. Adding Girard to Our Gazetteer ...As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future. The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Girard was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Girard. Footnotes ...
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