Germantown is a neighborhood in the city of Danbury,

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, Connecticut, United States. This section is on the eastern side of Danbury, with Hospital Avenue as its main thoroughfare. It is named after the German immigrants who lived there during the 19th century to work in Danbury's hat factories. The large German population in the area led to it being known as Germantown. Due to the location of

Danbury Hospital Danbury Hospital is a 456-bed hospital in Danbury, Connecticut serving patients in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Litchfield County, Connecticut, and New Haven County, Connecticut as well as Westchester County, New York, Putnam County, New Y ...

, the area has become a hub for different medical practices, particularly along Germantown Road. Hawley Construction, which is headquartered in Germantown, has played a key role in building these offices, along with other

commercial development Commerce is the organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through transactional processes) of goods, services, and ...

contributions within the neighborhood. Broadview Middle School is located in Germantown.

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Neighborhoods in Connecticut Populated places in Fairfield County, Connecticut Geography of Danbury, Connecticut Danbury, Connecticut {{Connecticut-geo-stub