Germantown, Tennessee
Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 38,844 at the 2010 census.
Germantown Colony and Museum
In 1954, then Governor Robert F. Kennon unveiled a still standing historical marker of the Germantown Colony. The sign is located at the intersections of Broadway, Elm, and East and West streets, across from the Webster Parish Library. The Germantown Museum did not open to the public until May 10, 1975, with then former Governor Kennon, a Webster Parish native and a descendant of Germantown colonists, in attendance for the observation. In 1979, the colony was placed on the list of the "Cultural Resources Worthy of Preservation" by the United States Department of the Interior. As "Germantown", the village was listed in 1979 on the National Register of Historic Places.