Founded in 1868. Located in the
Southeast Region of the state, in
Crawford County (county seat) on Highway 7 near
Pittsburg Kansas.
Population: (2000) 2773. Elevation: 986 feet.
Situated on a gently undulating prairie at the center of the county. Girard is regularly laid out, has a public square in the center, surrounded by numerous fine business buildings, many of them of brick, and has a large proportion of neat frame residences, surrounded by incipient shade trees.
