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Welcome to Germantown ...So far, we found very little information about Germantown. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Germantown to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Germantown, please Contact Us. Germantown would have been located within present day Camden County<2>. The location of Germantown has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Germantown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874. While the community is gone, the present day location for Germantown is near sea level<4>. Time Zone: The area where Germantown was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Germantown still existed, it would have been in the (912) area code. Communities Also Named Germantown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Germantown: This one is located in Camden County and the other is located in Polk County. Beyond Georgia, there are 55 communities that are also named Germantown - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois (2), Indiana (4), Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (4), Massachusetts (2), Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (3), North Carolina (2), Ohio (6), Ontario, Pennsylvania (6), South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Germantown. Communities near Germantown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Germantown.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Germantown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Germantown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Germantown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Germantown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Germantown. See our Newspapers Page for Germantown. Adding Germantown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Germantown in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Germantown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Germantown. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Camden County: www.co.camden.ga.us/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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