Germanton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Germanton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Germanton was established in 1790 and is the oldest community in Stokes County. The town's original 23 acres (93,000 m2) were part of a 700-acre (2.8 km2) tract that was granted to Jacob Lash by the Earl of Granville in 1762. The 23 acres were deeded from brothers Michael and Henry Frey. The town was named after an influx of Germanic immigrants, who had served as veterans of the American Revolution, were given incentives to settle the area. These settlers included both Germans who fought against the crown, and Hessians who had been loyal to the crown. American Revolutionary War Major Joseph Winston, later a U.S. congressman, was a famous Germanton resident with a plantation nearby.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Germanton’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Germanton’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOld Stokes County Courthouse (c. …, 1915: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Germanton
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Germanton, decade by decade
1990s
2 historic places in Germanton
2 places in Germanton are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Old Stokes County Courthouse (c. 1825) (1915) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.