Germantown Christian
 Church, 1939

left, Germantown Christian Church
right, Germantown Methodist Church

Germantown Methodist

Germantown High School, 1937
History of Germantown School is here. (pdf)

Main Street in Germantown, c. 1906

Knights of Pythias Building

The Maysville - Germantown Stage Coach

Germantown Milling Company

"The Castle" on the Walton-Frazee Pike

A Cemetery in
Germantown

The Dimmitt House
Main Street

Germantown Baseball
Team, c. 1900

A 19th century post office was a different operation that what they are today.  In the early and mid 1800's, it could be a shoe box in somebody's store.  And the "official location" of that shoebox can and frequently did move with each passing election, because postmasters were political appointments.  That's why the USPS lists the Germantown Post Office as sometimes in Bracken, and sometimes in Mason.  Details here.

"Uninsured property worth $8,000 was destroyed by fire at Germantown, Ky."
from the Standford, Ky. Interior Journal, November 24, 1905

Germantown was laid out by Whitfield Craig in 1784, and at the time was named Buchanan Station.  It was later settled by Pennsylvania Germans. It was established on December 19, 1795, and incorporated March 15, 1869.

James Savage's will frees
 his slaves, 1854, here.

The story of slave Juliet Miles, here.

Then there was the escaped slave from Germantown, who was captured in Ohio, but local folks whipped the slave catcher instead.  They arrested the preacher for watching.  Story here. 

Night Riders strike Germantown in 1908.  Read it here.  If you're not up to speed on who the Night Riders were, start here.

Civil War Skirmish in Germantown, here.

Two reminiscences about Germantown, from 1876, are here (pdf) and here. (pdf)

An historical sketch of the Germantown Baptist Church is here.  (pdf)

"Bell & Jones of the Germantown and Maysville bus line have bought a large sixteen passenger automobile, the new machine arriving this week.  Germantown is taking steps to the front.  With one of the best County Fairs in the State, a new bank, a large passenger automobile placed on the road between this thriving town and Maysville this week, and the establishment of a local newspaper next week, the good old town is certainly setting a pace worthy of emulation."
 from Mt. Olivet's Tribune-Democrat, October 20, 1904.