Germantown or German Town may refer to:
Places
Australia
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Germantown, Queensland
Germantown is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is a small farming community, currently home to a large cattle farm along with various other farms. In the , Germantown had a population of 64 people.
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, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
United States
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Germantown, California
Artois (), formerly known as Germantown, is a census-designated place in Glenn County, California, Glenn County, California, USA. It is located north of Willows, California, Willows, at an elevation of 167 feet (51 m), in the northern Sacramento ...
, the former name of Artois, a census-designated place in Glenn County
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Germantown, Connecticut
Danbury is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2022 was 87,642. It is the seventh largest city in Connecticut.
Danbury is nicknamed the "Hat City ...
, a neighborhood of Danbury, Connecticut
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Germantown, Illinois
Germantown is a village in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,324 at the 2020 census.
History
The village of Germantown was established in 1833. Formerly known as "Hanover" for the city in Germany that was the hometown ...
, a village in Clinton County
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Germantown, Decatur County, Indiana
Germantown is an unincorporated community in Adams Township, Decatur County, Indiana.
A large share of the early settlers being natives of Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. ...
, an unincorporated town
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Germantown, Iowa
Germantown is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.
History
Germantown was platted on June 10, 1901. Edward D. Beerman did the platting. Germantown's population was 53 in 1902.
It in the 1910s had a Christian school ...
, an unincorporated community in O'Brien County
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Germantown, Kentucky
Germantown is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Bracken County, Kentucky, Bracken and Mason County, Kentucky, Mason counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 154 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
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, a city in Bracken and Mason counties
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Germantown, Louisville
Germantown is a neighborhood three miles southeast of downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Germantown is also a general term for an area of Louisville from the Original Highlands to St Joseph and Bradley neighborhoods that were predominantly settle ...
, a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky
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Germantown, Anne Arundel County, Maryland
Germantown is an unincorporated community located in Anne Arundel County of Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia t ...
, an unincorporated community
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Germantown, Baltimore County, Maryland
Germantown is an unincorporated community located in Baltimore County, Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its ...
, an unincorporated community of Perry Hall, Maryland
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Germantown, Maryland
Germantown is an urbanized census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. With a population of 91,249 as of 2020 U.S. Decennial Census, Germantown is the third most populous place in Maryland, after the city of Baltimore ...
, a census-designated place in Montgomery County and the only "Germantown, Maryland" recognized by the United States Postal Service
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Germantown, Worcester County, Maryland
Germantown is an unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. It is located at at the intersection of Germantown and Bethel roads, southeast of Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by bot ...
, an unincorporated community
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Germantown, Quincy, Massachusetts
Germantown is a primarily residential neighborhood in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts. The neighborhood is located on a peninsula surrounded by Town River Bay on the west and Rock Island Cove on the east. This peninsula was known since the 1640s ...
, a residential neighborhood
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Germantown, Missouri Germantown is an unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri, Henry County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Germantown was laid out in 1857, and named for the fact a large share of the first settlers were German Catholics.
St. Ludger Catholi ...
, an unincorporated community
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Germantown (town), New York
Germantown is a town in Columbia County, New York, United States. The population was 1,936 at the 2020 census, down slightly from 1,954 in 2010. Germantown is located in the South West part of the county along the East side of the Hudson River.
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, a town in Columbia County, New York
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Germantown, Allegany County, New York
Clarksville is a town located in Allegany County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 982. The town is named after S.N. Clark, an agent of the Holland Land Company.
The town is in the southwest par ...
, a neighborhood of the town of Clarksville
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Germantown, Orange County, New York
Port Jervis is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, United States, north of the Delaware Water Gap. Its population was 8,775 at the 2020 census. The communities of Deerpark, ...
, a neighborhood of the city of Port Jervis
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Germantown, Nebraska
Garland, formerly known as Germantown, is a village in Seward County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Lincoln, Nebraska Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 216 at the 2010 census.
History
In 1874, the Midland Pacific ...
, the former name of the village of Garland
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Germantown, North Carolina
Germantown is an unincorporated community in Hyde County, North Carolina, United States.
The community is at the intersection of Swindell and German Town Roads. Germantown is approximately 52.66 miles east-southeast of Greenville, North Carolina, ...
, an unincorporated community in Hyde County, North Carolina
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Germantown, Ohio
Germantown is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 5,547 at the 2010 census. A part of the Dayton metropolitan area, Germantown was founded by German Americans from Pennsylvania and was once home to a cigar ind ...
, a city located in Montgomery County, Ohio
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Germantown, Washington County, Ohio
Germantown is an unincorporated community in northern Liberty Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the Paw Paw Creek near the boundary with Noble County.
History
Germantown had its start when a sawmill
A sawm ...
, an unincorporated community
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Germantown, Philadelphia
Germantown (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Deitscheschteddel'') is an area in Northwest Philadelphia. Founded by German, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854. The area, which is about ...
, a neighborhood of Philadelphia, former town
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Colonial Germantown Historic District
The Colonial Germantown Historic District is a designated National Historic Landmark District in the Germantown and Mount Airy neighborhoods of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania along both sides of Germantown Avenue. This road followed a Native Americ ...
, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Germantown Township, Turner County, South Dakota Germantown Township is a township in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 358.
It is the location of Germantown Township Bridge S-29, 278th Street, Germantown, South Dakota (Turner County Highway S ...
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Germantown Historic District
Buena Vista Historic District is a historic neighborhood in East Nashville, Tennessee. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee (NRHP) in 1979.
History
Historic Germantown is Nashville's ol ...
, Nashville,
listed on the NRHP in Tennessee
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Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee, a city near Memphis
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Germantown, Virginia
Germantown is a historic unincorporated rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. It is the resting place of John Jacob Richter (also spelled Rector). He was buried there in 1729. It is located in and around current-day C. ...
, an historic unincorporated rural community in Fauquier County
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Germantown, Wisconsin
Germantown is a village in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 19,749 at the 2010 census. The village surrounds the Town of Germantown. In July 2007, Germantown was ranked the 30th most appealing place to live in th ...
, a village in Washington County
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Germantown, Juneau County, Wisconsin
Germantown is a town in Juneau County, Wisconsin, in the United States. At the 2000 census, the town population was 1,174.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 45.0 square miles (116.5 ...
, a town
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Germantown, Richland County, Wisconsin
Westford is a town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 594 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Bunker Hill and Germantown are located in the town. The unincorporated community of Corwin was also lo ...
, an unincorporated community
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Germantown, Washington County, Wisconsin
Germantown is a town in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 278 at the 2000 census. It is surrounded by the village of Germantown.
History
The land that became Germantown was originally inhabited by Native America ...
, a town
Military
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Battle of Germantown
The Battle of Germantown was a major engagement in the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on October 4, 1777, at Germantown, Pennsylvania, between the British Army led by Sir William Howe, and the American Con ...
, in the American Revolutionary War
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USS ''Germantown'' (1846), a sloop-of-war
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USS ''Germantown'' (LSD-42), a 1984 ''Whidbey Island''–class dock landing ship
Other uses
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Germantown Academy
Germantown Academy, informally known as GA and originally known as the Union School, is the oldest nonsectarian day school in the United States. The school was founded on December 6, 1759, by a group of prominent Germantown citizens in the Gree ...
, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the oldest non-sectarian day school in the United States
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Germantown Colony and Museum
The Germantown Colony and Museum is a museum and historical preservation project in Webster Parish, Louisiana about north of Minden in northwestern Louisiana, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Germantown in 1979. ...
, a historical preservation project in Louisiana
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Germantown Cricket Club
The Germantown Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was one of the four principal cricket clubs in the city and was one of the clubs contributing members to the Philadelphian cricket ...
, a cricket club located in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
See also
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Germantown, Indiana (disambiguation) Germantown is the name of three places in the state of Indiana in the United States of America:
* Germantown, Decatur County, Indiana
See also
* East Germantown, Indiana
East Germantown is a town in Jackson Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. ...
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Germantown, Maryland (disambiguation) Germantown, Maryland is a community in Montgomery County, and the only "Germantown, Maryland" recognized by the U.S. Postal Service.
Germantown, Maryland may also refer to:
* Germantown, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, unincorporated locale
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Germantown, New York (disambiguation) Germantown is the name of three places in the U.S. state of New York:
* Germantown (town), New York, in Columbia County
* Germantown (CDP), New York, in Columbia County
* Germantown, in the town of Clarksville, Allegany County, New York
* Germanto ...
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Germantown, Pennsylvania (disambiguation) Germantown, Pennsylvania may refer to:
* Germantown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, an Adams County, Pennsylvania#Unincorporated areas, unincorporated area in Adams County, Pennsylvania
* Germantown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, a List of places in P ...
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Germantown, Tennessee (disambiguation)
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,333 at the 2020 census.
Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east-southeast. Germantown was founded in 1841 by mostly German emigrants. T ...
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Germantown High School (disambiguation) Germantown High School could refer to several secondary schools in the United States:
* Germantown High School (Mississippi), in Madison, Mississippi
*Germantown High School (Philadelphia), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*Germantown High School (Ten ...
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Germantown station (disambiguation) Germantown station may refer to:
*Germantown station (MARC)
Germantown is a passenger rail station on the MARC Brunswick Line between Washington, D.C. and Martinsburg, WV (with a branch to Frederick, MD).
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Germantown Township (disambiguation) Germantown Township may refer to the following townships in the United States:
* Germantown Township, Clinton County, Illinois
* Germantown Township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota
* Germantown Township, Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia County
* Germant ...
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