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2012 Map of Girard

Name: 2012 Topographic Map of Girard
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2012
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2012

About this map

Girard serves as the focal point of this Crawford County landscape, where the town's residential grid meets the surrounding agricultural plains. The southern portion of the map reveals a community well-equipped with local infrastructure, including the Crawford County Fairgrounds, the Girard Municipal Golf Course, and the Ziggy Carline Airport. Smaller settlements such as Farlington to the north and Ringo to the southeast provide additional points of historical interest for those tracing the development of local township centers.

Water plays a critical role in the geography here, with the Bone Creek Reservoir dominating the northeastern corner and Frisco Lake situated near Farlington. A network of creeks, including W Fork Dry Wood Cr, Second Cow Cr, and Clear Cr, meanders through the section lines, defining the drainage patterns of the prairie. Genealogists will find the locations of Center Cem and Girard Cem useful for local heritage research, while the various rural roads like W 690th Ave and Carline RD establish the century-old grid system that continues to organize the region.