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Welcome to Girty ...

Girty is located in Armstrong County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Girty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Girty is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Girty ...

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

  • Indiana
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • New Kensington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lower Burrell
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Vandergrift
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Arnold
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Arnold is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnold
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,790 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arnold <3>
  • Tarentum
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Kittanning
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Blairsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brackenridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ford City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Girty ...

Looking for more information about Girty? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Girty, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Girty.

Adding Girty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Girty 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 (so far) for Girty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Girty post office opened in 1877. The Girty post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Girty.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Armstrong, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Girty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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