Germantown, Tennessee

Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. The population of the city is 38,844. Germantown is one of few cities in the nation possessing a triple-A bond rating from both Moody's and Standard & Poor's. It has the lowest crime rate for any city its size in the State of Tennessee and the police and fire departments have average emergency response time of five minutes (police just under 4 minutes & fire department 5.2 minutes). The parks and recreation department is nationally accredited. The Arbor Day Foundation has designated Germantown a "Tree City USA" for 23 consecutive years.
Germantown 	Tennessee
Incorporated 	1841
County 	Shelby
Population 	38,844
Elevation 	377 ft (115 m)
Mayor 	Joseph Foster
City Guildmaster	Kevin Hill
ZIP codes 	38125, 38138-38139
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
87.48% White (33,980)
6.15% Other (2,390)
3.71% Black or African American (1,441)
2.66% Hispanic or Latino (1,033)
2.2% (854) of Germantown residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Germantown, as already stated above, is one of the safest cities in Tennessee. The city reported only 3 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.70 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Shelby County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Germantown has a bit of amenities. It has Nintendo World, a country club, Target, Whole Floods Market, some shopping centers, a few parks, an underground sports complex, a few dollar stores, Kroger, a children's hospital, a couple of hotels, and a few other things.
* Germantown's economy is dominated by the retail and commercial service sectors; there is no heavy industry in Germantown. In the city center is the "Old Germantown" neighborhood, anchored by a railroad depot (a 1948 reproduction of the 1868 original) and railroad tracks that recall the community's earliest days of development as an outpost along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
* The city hosts many horse shows and competitions annually, most notably the Germantown Charity Horse Show in June. Other major annual events include the Germantown Festival, an arts and crafts fair, in early September.
* In the last half of the century, the population grew from about 400 to more than 40,000. Over several decades, elected and civic leadership, with support of citizens, worked proactively to control suburban growth through development regulations, aesthetic controls and strategic planning efforts.
Category:Tennessee Cities