Germantown, Philadelphia
Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia. Founded by German Quaker and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854. The area, which is about six miles northwest from the city center, now consists of two neighborhoods: 'Germantown' and 'East Germantown'.
Germantown (Quincy, Massachusetts)
The neighborhood roughly corresponds to census tract 4178.02. At the 2000 census, the population of the neighborhood was 3,177. Of the total population, 66.82% self-identified as white, 8.84% as black, 0.22% as Native American, 19.96% as Asian, 1.48% as some other race, and 2.68% as having two or more races. Of the total population of any race, 3.46% identified as being of Hispanic origin.