Germantown, Tennessee Germantown, Tennessee Germantown's water fortress Germantown's water fortress Germantown is a town/city in Shelby County, Tennessee,United States.

Germantown is a suburb of Memphis, bordering it to the east-southeast.

Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors; there is no heavy trade in Germantown.

In the town/city center is the "Old Germantown" neighborhood, anchored by a barns depot (a 1948 reproduction of the 1868 original) and barns tracks that recall the community's earliest days of evolution as an outpost along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

The town/city hosts many horse shows and competitions annually, most prominently the Germantown Charity Horse Show in June.

Germantown is one of a several metros/cities in the country possessing a triple-A bond rating from both Moody's and Standard & Poor's. It has the lowest crime rate for any town/city its size in the State of Tennessee and the police and fire departments have average emergency response time of five minutes. The parks and recreation department is nationally accredited.

The Arbor Day Foundation has designated Germantown a "Tree City USA" for 23 consecutive years. Germantown is positioned at 35 5 20 N 89 47 38 W (35.089023, 89.793997). It is part of the Memphis urbane area.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 17.6 square miles (46 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2), or 0.17%, is water.

Germantown was established along the Cherokee Trace on a ridge between the Wolf River and Nonconnah Creek, about 16 miles east of the Mississippi River.

Germantown experienced set backs through the reconstructionof the Civil War (1861-1865); the yellow fever epidemics reduced its populace to a several hundred.

Churches finished in the war were rebuilt, schools were constructed and the populace began to return around the turn of the century.

The town/city name was briefly changed to Neshoba, an Indian word meaning 'wolf', amid World War I, because of widespread anti-German sentiment in the United States at that time.

The Poplar Pike Improvement Association and the Germantown Civic Club played vital part s in the physical and civil development of the community.

The City of Germantown operates under a Mayor-Aldermanic form of government.

By charter, the mayor is the chief administrative officer; however, supervision of day-to-day management is assigned to a experienced town/city administrator, appointed by the mayor but subject to board approval.

Germantown is served by two school districts, Shelby County Schools and Germantown Municipal School District.

Elementary Schools: Farmington Elementary School and Dogwood Elementary School (GMSD) and Germantown Elementary School (SCS) Middle School: Houston Middle School (GMSD) and Germantown Middle School (SCS) High School: Houston High School (GMSD) In 2015, Houston High School was rated by the Washington Post as one of America's Most Challenging High Schools.

Germantown High School (SCS) Germantown High School is an International Baccalaureate School, Blue Ribbon School, and is one of the biggest high schools in the state of Tennessee, rated as a Reward School in Tennessee for Growth and Achievement calculated by perfect scores of 5 each of the past 5 years.

K-8 School: Riverdale Elementary School (GMSD) Jason Manuel, former principal of Houston Middle School is Superintendent of Germantown Municipal Schools.

Germantown Elementary, Middle, and High School remain with the Shelby County Schools district, although they are positioned inside the borders of the town/city of Germantown and continue to serve a large proportion of Germantown K-12 students as well as students from unincorporated Shelby County.

Union University Germantown As of the 2010 census, there were 38,844 citizens , 14,910 homeholds, and 11,750 families residing in the city, with 15,536 housing units.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 20, 3.5% from 20 to 24, 19.2% from 25 to 44, 35.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town/city according to the 2010 census was $112,979, and the median income for a family was $127,216.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Germantown Germantown Baptist Church Germantown Church of Christ Germantown Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Germantown United Methodist Church Notable celebrities who presently reside or have previously resided in Germantown include: Kennedy Baker, Artistic gymnast, was born in Germantown.

Chris Bell (musician), co-founder of the highly influential band Big Star, was from a prominent Germantown family Marc Gasol, NBA player with the small-town Memphis Grizzlies, moved to Germantown as a teenager with his parents after older brother Pau was drafted by the Grizzlies.

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"Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Germantown city, Tennessee".

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