Germantown, Iowa

Germantown is an unincorporated community in O'Brien County, Iowa, United States.

Germantown, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Germantown, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°57′12″N 95°46′51″W
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyO'Brien
Elevation
1,427 ft (435 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)712
GNIS feature ID456886[1]

History

Germantown was platted on June 10, 1901. Edward D. Beerman did the platting.[2]

Germantown is home to The Hideout, a small local bar where the many Northwest Iowans from miles around come to eat their famous broasted chicken.

Education

South O'Brien Community School District operates schools serving the community.[3] The district was formed on July 1, 1993 by the merger of three school districts: Paullina, Primghar, and Sutherland.[4]

It in the 1910s had a Christian school.[5] The community was home to K-8th grade St. John Lutheran school, before it merged with Zion Lutheran School in Paullina to form Zion - St. John Lutheran School.

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References
  1. "Germantown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa, Volume 1. B. F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 431. - School is from p. 432
  3. Mahoney, Mark (2019-08-02). "South O'Brien superintendent to retire". Nwestiowa.com. Iowa Information Publishers and Printers. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  5. Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa, Volume 1. B. F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 432. - School is from p. 432



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