Girard, Ohio: History and Highlights

October 27, 20261 min readBy PinGallery
Girard, Ohio
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Girard is a city in southern Trumbull County, Ohio, United States, along the Mahoning River. The population was 9,603 at the 2020 census. Located directly north of Youngstown, it is a suburb in the Youngstown, Warren metropolitan area.

At a Glance

History of Girard

It is believed that Girard takes its name from Stephen Girard, a French American philanthropist who was the founder of the Girard Bank and Girard College in Philadelphia. It was first settled in 1800 but remained static until the Ohio and Erie Canal was completed.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Girard, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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