Town of Germantown

Town Of Germantown is located at 50 Palatine Park Rd in Germantown and has been in the business of Government - City And Town Managers' Office since 1790.

First settled in 1710 as the "East Camp" by some 1,200 Palatine refugees from the Rhineland, the District of Germantown was created in April, 1775, only weeks before the start of the American Revolution, and became a township in 1788, the year after the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. The Columbia County Township, with a population of about 2,020 today, is located some 100 miles north of New...