Girard is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Girard's history began with a petition to "Township Status" in 1832 by reassigning lands previously allocated to neighboring municipalities (Springfield, Fairview, and Elk Creek).

[6][7] Stephen Girard, a resident of Philadelphia at that time, was chosen for a variety of reasons.

Despite this attempt, his family and will executors chose to establish the boarding school in Philadelphia where Stephen Girard had a long-standing tradition as a local philanthropist.

[8] It is bordered to the northwest by the borough of Lake City and on all other sides by Girard Township.

[9] Elk Creek roughly follows the southwest border of the borough as it flows northwest to Lake Erie.