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Seal of Germantown, 1691 Pictures from Old Germantown: the Pastorius family residences are shown on the upper left (c. 1683) and upper right (c. 1715), the center structure is the house and printing business of the Caurs family (ca. 1735), and the bottom structure is the market place (c. 1820).
Settlement in the Germantown area began, at the invitation of William Penn, in 1683 by Nederlanders and Germans under the leadership of Francis Daniel Pastorius fleeing religious persecution. [2] [4] [5] Colonial Germantown was a leader in religious thought, printing, and education. Important dates in Germantown's early history include: [6]
[3] [4] [5] Germantown is located approximately 28 miles (45 km) outside the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C., and is an important part of the Washington metropolitan area. Germantown was founded in the early 19th century by European immigrants, though much of the area's development did not take place until the mid-20th century.
Germantown, Orange County, New York, a neighborhood of the city of Port Jervis; Germantown, Nebraska, the former name of the village of Garland; Germantown, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Hyde County, North Carolina; Germantown, Ohio, a city located in Montgomery County, Ohio; Germantown, Washington County, Ohio, an ...
The Vietnamese Wikipedia initially went online in November 2002, with a front page and an article about the Internet Society.The project received little attention and did not begin to receive significant contributions until it was "restarted" in October 2003 [3] and the newer, Unicode-capable MediaWiki software was installed soon after.
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,333 at the 2020 census. [5] It was given a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence in 2019. [6] Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east-southeast. Germantown was founded in 1841 by mostly German emigrants.
Germantown is a historic unincorporated rural community in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. It is located in and around current-day C. M. Crockett Park, which contains the popular local fishing destination of Germantown Lake.
Germantown is a village in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 20,917 at the 2020 census . [ 5 ] The village surrounds the Town of Germantown .