Germantown, New York
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Germantown town. It lies in ZIP code area 12526. The Survey maps it on the Cementon quadrangle. 1,121 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1895 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Germantown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 8 records
ClermontNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971
Barringer-Overbaugh-Lasher Houselisted 2014
Charles H. Coons Farmlisted 2015
German Reformed Sanctity Church Parsonagelisted 1976
Stone Juglisted 1978- Clermont Estates Historic Districtlisted 1979
- Dick Houselisted 2009
- Simeon Rockefeller Houselisted 2009
Population over time
2 figuresGermantown grew from 845 to 1,121 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 845 | |
| 2020 | 1,121 | +276 (+33%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1895 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1934 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1938 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Catskill quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Albany quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cementon quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Pittsfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Germantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 31 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 29 August 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 19 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 5 July 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 4 July 2016 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Germantown: 22 past producers, 18 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Limestone, General, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Blum Cementon Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Quarryville Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Saugerties Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Saxton Blue Sandstone Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Malden On Hudson Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Smith's Landing Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Smith's Landing Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Alsen Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Alsen Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
21 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Germantown in 21 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $300,000 | Severe thunderstorms moved across central and eastern New York during the late morning and early afternoon of the 4th ahead of a powerful cold front. At Norrie State Park in Staatsburg 75 to 100 trees were blown down. Central Hudson Electric and Gas Company reported over 16,000 customers without power during the height of the storms. Other areas hit hard by the storms were Livingston and Germantown in Columbia County where numerous trees were toppled some of which fell on homes. |
| May 2000 | Lightning | Germantown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $5,000 | no account filed |
| December 2023 | Flood | Germantown | $2,000 | State Route 9G was closed in the Town of Clermont. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | A couple of trees and wires were downed in the Town of Germantown. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Germantown | - | A trained spotter reported a quarter inch size hail near Germantown. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Germantown | - | Trees and wires were reported down on Hover Ave. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | Trees were reported down across Route 9G. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | A tree was downed onto a house on Hilltop Road. |
| January 2019 | Flood | North Germantown | - | Route 9G was closed between Camp Creek Road and Maple Avenue due to flooding. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | A tree and wires were downed on Viewmont Road in the town of Germantown. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Germantown | - | A tree was reported down. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | A tree was reported down on Mountainview Road in Germantown due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | Trees were reported down in Germantown due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Germantown | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Germantown. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Germantown | - | Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Germantown. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Germantown | - | Half dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Germantown. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees, power lines and some power poles near Germantown. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | A tree fell on a house in Germantown, due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germantown | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheviot | 0.9 miles | 27 | |
| North Germantown | 1.6 miles | 27 | |
| Viewmonte | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Linlithgo | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| Bingham Mills | 3.6 miles | 27 | |
| Burden | 3.8 miles | 27 | |
| Blue Store | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Oak Hill Landing | 4.7 miles | 27 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Germantown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3460417 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 951036. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










