Photo: Ichabod · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Girard, KS: what to set up and who to call
Girard runs its own electric utility, City of Girard. The closest ER is Girard Medical Center, 0.8 miles away.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Girard, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Girard.
Power comes from City of Girard
City of Girard (City of Girard - (KS)), a municipal utility, serves 92.6% of Girard residents.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from City of Girard water system
The City of Girard water system supplies Girard: about 97% of residents live in its service area. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists Public Wholesale WSD 11 as seller) and serves 2,497 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 7,966 systems serving 1,001–3,300 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 81% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. KS2003718.
3 home internet providers serve Girard
100% of 1,232 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 100% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craw Kan Telephone Cooperative | Fiber | 100% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 94% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 2% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
We don’t have Girard’s trash rules yet
Pickup rules, the dump and recycling in Girard.
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Girard is in Girard Unified School District 248.
A−School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2022; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Girard is in ZIP code 66743
ZIP codes where Girard residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Girard | ZIP’s residents in Girard |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66743 | Girard, KS | 100% | 60% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Girard
Who supplies Girard’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
The City of Girard water system (EPA ID KS2003718). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Girard?
City of Girard (City of Girard - (KS)), a municipal utility.
What internet providers serve Girard?
Craw Kan Telephone Cooperative, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Girard?
66743. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Girard in?
Girard Unified School District 248.
How do I register to vote in Girard?
In Kansas you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person until 21 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 21 days before). Elections here are run by the Crawford County Clerk. Check your registration at myvoteinfo.voteks.org.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: OpenStreetMap, Geofabrik extract of Oct 9, 2026. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.