Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Germantown,_Pennsylvania,_United_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:neighborhood
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Chestnut_Hill gptkb:Mount_Airy gptkb:East_Falls gptkb:Nicetown-Tioga Logan
gptkbp:areaCode	215 267 445
gptkbp:demographics	predominantly African American community (21st century)
gptkbp:founded	1683
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Frans_Pastorius
gptkbp:historicalEvent	gptkb:Germantown_Protest_Against_Slavery_(1688) gptkb:Battle_of_Germantown_(1777)
gptkbp:historicalPopulation	originally German Quaker settlers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Germantown, Pennsylvania, United States
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Pennsylvania gptkb:Philadelphia gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mergedInto	gptkb:Philadelphia 1854
gptkbp:namedFor	German settlers
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Revolutionary_Germantown_Festival gptkb:Annual_Juneteenth_Festival
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:Germantown_Avenue gptkb:Germantown_Mennonite_Church gptkb:Pennsylvania_School_for_the_Deaf gptkb:Germantown_Historical_Society gptkb:First_United_Methodist_Church_of_Germantown La Salle University (nearby)
gptkbp:notableLandmark	gptkb:Cliveden gptkb:Germantown_Friends_School gptkb:Germantown_High_School gptkb:Johnson_House gptkb:Wyck_House
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Bill_Cosby gptkb:Louisa_May_Alcott gptkb:Anna_Jarvis gptkb:John_Wister gptkb:Owen_Wister Cheyney University founder Richard Humphreys
gptkbp:NRHPDistrict	gptkb:Colonial_Germantown_Historic_District gptkb:Tulpehocken_Station_Historic_District
gptkbp:population	approx. 42,000 (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:SEPTA_Regional_Rail gptkb:SEPTA_bus_lines
gptkbp:zipCode	19138 19144
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Louisa_May_Alcott
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4