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.

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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