Germantown, Tennessee

Germantown, Tennessee
City
Historic downtown Germantown
Location of Germantown in Shelby County, Tennessee.
Coordinates: 35°5′20″N 89°47′38″W / 35.08889°N 89.79389°W / 35.08889; -89.79389
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Shelby
Founded	1825
Incorporated	1841
Government
• Mayor	Mike Palazzolo
Area [1]
• Total	20.01 sq mi (51.83 km2)
• Land	19.99 sq mi (51.76 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.06 km2)
Elevation	377 ft (115 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	41,333
• Density	2,068.10/sq mi (798.49/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	38125, 38138, 38139
Area code	901
FIPS code	47-28960[3]
GNIS feature ID	1285318[4]
Website	http://www.germantown-tn.gov/

Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 41,333 at the 2020 census.^[5]

Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east-southeast. Germantown was founded in 1841 by mostly German emigrants. The town hosts Festivals year round to celebrate their history and German Culture. In the city center is the "Old Germantown" neighborhood, anchored by a railroad depot (a 1948 reproduction of the 1868 original) and railroad tracks that recall the community's earliest days of development as an outpost along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

The city hosts many horse shows and competitions annually, most notably the Germantown Charity Horse Show in June. Other major annual events include the Germantown Festival, an arts and crafts fair, in early September.

Germantown has the lowest crime rate for any city its size in the State of Tennessee and the police and fire departments have average emergency response time of five minutes (police just under 4 minutes & fire department 5.2 minutes).^[6] The parks and recreation department is nationally accredited. The Arbor Day Foundation has designated Germantown a "Tree City USA" for 23 consecutive years.^[7] Only 3.2% of Germantown citizens are below the poverty line.^[8]