Germantown City Historical Markers

Map of Tennessee State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Germantown

Germantown City Historical Markers

Germantown Historical Marker

S. Germantown Rd., Germantown, TN, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 5' 13.041348", -89° 48' 38.743596"

Germantown, Tennessee
The City began in 1833 as the hamlet of Pea Ridge, was renamed Germantown in
1836 and incorporated in 1841. The City of Germantown now includes the site of
historic Nashoba Plantation. Union troops occupied the town during the Civil
War. Yellow Fever decimated the population in 1870's. The City's name
temporarily changed to Nashoba during World War I.
S. Germantown Rd.

Germantown Churches

Germantown Baptist Church

Organized circa 1836 as New Hope Baptist Church. Ground given in 1841 by Wilks Brooks, whose family was active in life of the Church for many years. O... [click for more]

Germantown Historic Homes & Houses

John Gray Historic House

One of the oldest surviving brick residences in Shelby County, the John Gray House, built prior to 1851, is a rare example of a Federal Period, hall a... [click for more]

Nelson-Kirby House

Nelson-Kirby House is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Germantown General Interest

Fort Germantown

This was the site of a Civil War earthwork redoubt built by the Union Army as part of a series of forts guarding the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. ... [click for more]

Germantown Cemetery

Founded by Germantown Methodist Episcopal Church on land bought in 1840 from George P. and Nicey B. Shepherd, early subdividers of the village, this c... [click for more]

Germantown Redoubt

Germantown Redoubt is listed in the National Register of Historic Places... [click for more]

Germantown City Historical Marker

Germantown, Tennessee
The City began in 1833 as the hamlet of Pea Ridge, was renamed Germantown in
1836 and incorporated in 1841. The City of ... [click for more]

Nashoba

Here, in 1827, a Scottish spinster heiress named Frances Wright set up a colony whose aims were the enforcement of cooperative living and other advanc... [click for more]

Oaklawn Garden

The house was built in 1854 on Wm. Carter's land.
Its 493 acres were subdivided in 1872. In 1918 Fritz Hussy and Mamie
Cloyes owned and named ... [click for more]