East Germantown, IN

East Germantown is a town in Jackson Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 census counted 261 residents. East Germantown was originally called Georgetown, and under the latter name was laid out and platted in 1827. The East Germantown Civil War Band was assigned to the 12th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1862. A newcomer can read East Germantown through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, East Germantown comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.