THE GIRARD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Girard township has 63.2 square miles of land in Clearfield County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Girard and Clearfield County
Girard is associated with Clearfield County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Girard by land and water
The Census records 0.34 square miles of water within Girard, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Clearfield County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Girard township has 81.6 times the land area of nearby Frenchville CDP (0.78 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

