Germantown Wedding

Germantown is an unincorporated, but urbanized Census-Designated Place in Montgomery County, Maryland in the USA. It is the sixth most populous Census-Designated Place in Maryland. If it were to incorporate, it would be the second largest city in Maryland [1].

In the 1830s and 1840s, a large number of German business owners, some of whom were immigrants from Germany and others relocating from Pennsylvania, settled where the roads, now known as Liberty Mill and Clopper, intersect. While most of the local landowners and farmers were English, travelers remembering the accents of the shop-owners called the area Germantown, and the name stuck. Germantown has experienced great growth during the past few years and an urbanized towncenter has been built.

This place has been designated a Census-Designated Place by the United States Census Bureau and it is the only Germantown, Maryland recognized by the United States Postal Service, although there are three others (one each) in the counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, and Worcester. It has the assigned ZIP Codes of 20874 and 20876 for delivery and 20875 for post office boxes only.

Germantown is located at 3911N 7716W.