Germanton (N.C.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Germanton (N.C.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Germanton, N.C
Coordinates
-80.2439 -80.2439 36.2544 36.2544 (gooearth )
W0801351 W0801351 N0361546 N0361546 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 130180117
Wikidata: Q5552005
Library of congress: n 80025202
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 36°15ʹ46ʺN 080°13ʹ51ʺW)
  • Custom House. Stokes County, North Carolina, historical documentation, c1977 (subj.)map recto (Germanton)
  • Rand McNally comm. atlas, 1978(Germanton; inc., in Stokes Co., N.C.)

Wikipedia description:

Germanton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Forsyth and Stokes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, primarily in Stokes County. As of the 2020 census, the community had a population of 790. It is located 13 miles (21 km) south of the Stokes County seat of Danbury, on North Carolina State Highways 8 and 65 at an altitude of 662 feet (202 m). Downtown Winston-Salem is 13 miles (21 km) to the south. Germanton was the county seat of Stokes County prior to Forsyth County being created from southern Stokes. Before the creation of Forsyth County, Germanton was centrally located within the Stokes County limits.

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