50% of residents live below the poverty line in Girard, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). No town among the 643 in Texas we compare has a higher median age than Girard. Girard has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

20 people, and everyone knows the way

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Nearby towns

Jayton · 9 mi Spur · 13 mi Dickens · 21 mi

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Girard.

Climate

Girard has mild winters and hot summers

4″snow a winter

In July, afternoons reach 96°; in January, nights fall to 30°, and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.

Typical low → high °F

Winter32–58°

Spring50–77°

Summer70–94°

Fall51–77°

Nov 5

typical first frost

Apr 1

typical last frost

+0.8°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 96°, January lows 30°Rain & snow4″ of snow a winter · 23 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingBoth heating and cooling Then and now+0.8° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Girard is

15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Girard. The town beats the Texas average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7. Among adults locally, 34% sleep under 7 hours and 40% have high blood pressure.

	Girard	Texas towns	U.S. towns
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)	15%	18%	17%
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)	34%	39%	36%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)	40%	35%	35%
No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES)	11%	18%	8.1%

31 measures vs. Texas

12 better12 too close to call7 worse

What stands out	Girard	TX
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off	6.2%	10.7%
Fewer uninsured adults	11.3%	19.1%
More adults who have had cancer	11.1%	6.1%

Stonewall Memorial Hospital District

29 mi away · emergency room

3 of 3

care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

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Everyday habitsFewer adults who get no exercise Hospitals & doctors nearby29 miles to an ER · Stonewall Memorial Hospital District How adults are doingFewer adults in frequent mental distress Every CDC estimateBetter than TX on 12 of 31

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazards

Natural hazards: moderate risk in Girard, mostly drought

51risk score of 100

On expected storm and flood damage, Girard sits above 51% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 57% come from drought and 11% from hail.

FEMA risk score

DroughtHailInland flooding

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What it facesModerate risk Flood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on record Past disasters11 disaster declarations · Declared for the county Get ready80 events a year, on average · Ready for drought

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Girard

13pages on Girard

The big questions

HealthBetter than TX on 12 of 31 CDC measures Work & commute$14K median household income Natural hazardsFEMA risk higher than 51% of U.S. communities · drought

Out and about

PlacesLibraryKent County Library Colleges

The story

HistorySettled 1909 Climate96° summer highs · 4″ of snow

Day to day

NewsWeatherHandbookZIP code 79518 Town SquareNeighbors

Getting set up

Moving to Girard: who provides what

Girard is unincorporated, so Kent County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerSouth Plains Electric Coop11.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA

Internet1 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC

Trash & county servicesKent CountyKent County provides services here

SchoolsJayton-Girard Independent School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES

Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov

Who runs elections hereKent County Early Voting ClerkKent County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025

ZIP code7951879518 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Girard; the nearest are

Western Texas CollegeCommunity college · Public · Snyder49.6 mi$3,300 in-state tuition Texas Tech UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Lubbock71.7 mi$11,852 in-state tuition

About 0 of every 100 Girard residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.

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About Girard

Census-designated place in Texas, United States of America

Girard is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Texas, United States. The population was 53 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area: 1.5 sq mi
Elevation: 2,116 ft
ZIP code: 79518
Area code: 806

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