Germanton, North Carolina

Not to be confused with Germantown, North Carolina.

Germanton
Unincorporated community
Nickname(s): G-town
Germanton Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Forsyth and Stokes
Population (2010)
• Total	827
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	27019

Germanton is a small unincorporated community in Forsyth and Stokes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, primarily in Stokes County. It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south-southwest of the Stokes County seat of Danbury, on North Carolina State Highways 8 and 65 at an altitude of 662 feet (202 m). Germanton was the county seat of Stokes County prior to Forsyth County being created from southern Stokes. Germanton was then centrally located in the middle of Stokes.

History

Germanton was established in 1790 and is the oldest community in Stokes County. The town's original 23 acres (93,000 m²) were part of a 700-acre (2.8 km²) tract that was granted to Jacob Lash by the Earl of Granville in 1762. The 23 acres were deeded from brothers Michael and Henry Frey. German was the first language of Moravian settlers. American Revolutionary War Major Joseph Winston and later U.S. Congressman was a famous Germanton resident with a plantation nearby.

Coal was mined in the Germanton area but was of low quality.

The Germanton Methodist Church and Cemetery, Leak-Chaffin-Browder House, and St. Philip's Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

External links

• "Visit Stokes County" web site
• Atlantic & Yadkin Railway