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Welcome to Girardville ...

Girardville is located in Schuylkill County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Girardville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1864.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Girardville has a population of 1,440 people<2> (see below for details).

Girardville is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Girardville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Girardville had an population of 1,440 people. This is a decrease of 5.2% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 17.34% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Girardville had a population of 1,519 people. This makes Girardville the county's 17th most populous community.

The population of Girardville represents 0.01% of the population of Pennsylvania (which has 12,702,379 people), making it the state's 502nd most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,519 people, the population of Girardville decreased 12.8% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,742 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Girardville.

Communities Also Named Girardville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Girardville - it's located in Quebec.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Girardville.

Communities near Girardville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Girardville.

  • Hazleton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bloomsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pottsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Berwick
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Shamokin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamokin
    • Shamokin is located in Northumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamokin <4>
  • Tamaqua
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tamaqua have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tamaqua
    • Tamaqua is located in Schuylkill County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,633 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tamaqua <4>
  • Mount Carmel
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Carmel have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Carmel
    • Mount Carmel is located in Northumberland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,708 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Carmel <4>
  • Schuylkill Haven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Shenandoah
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • West Hazleton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Hazleton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hazleton
    • West Hazleton is located in Luzerne County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,318 people

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 Girardville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Girardville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Girardville. 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 Girardville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Girardville. See our Newspapers Page for Girardville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Girardville ...

Looking for more information about Girardville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Girardville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Girardville.

Adding Girardville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Girardville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Girardville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Girardville post office opened in 1864.

We also found Girardville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Girardville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Girardville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Schuylkill County: www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Schuylkill, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Girardville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Girardville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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