Named for Stephen Girard of Philadelphia, Pa., at one time the richest man in the United States, and who gave his great fortune to found and support Girard College, one of the most beneficent institutions in the country.

Macoupin County was founded in 1829 from Madison, Greene.

Anheuser, Dohm, Eich, Enslow, Fauerbach, Haster, Helm, Johnson, Rathgeber, Ring, Thompson, Thurman, Weissheimer

Anheuser, Bayers, Bock, Cole, Dauernheim, Dohm, Eastham, Eich, Enslow, Fauerbach, Gipson, Haster, Helm, Johnson, Lichte, Morris, Rathgeber, Ring, Stutz, Thurman, Weissheimer, Wineman