Germantown

census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Place census_designated_place_in_the_united_states Q755901
Germantown
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Germantown

Summary

Germantown is a census-designated place in the United States[1]. Germantown ranks in the top 0.76% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (433 views/month, #73 of 9,562).[2]

Key Facts

  • Germantown is located in Montgomery County[3].
  • Germantown is in the country of United States[4].
  • Germantown's image is recorded as Germantown Library, Germantown, Maryland LCCN2012630021.jpg[5].
  • Germantown's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States[6].
  • Germantown's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community[7].
  • Germantown's shares border with is recorded as Clarksburg[8].
  • Germantown's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 148912661[9].
  • Germantown's locator map image is recorded as Montgomery County Maryland Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Germantown Highlighted.svg[10].
  • Germantown's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79100764[11].
  • Germantown's postal code is recorded as 20874[12].
  • Germantown's postal code is recorded as 20875[13].
  • Germantown's postal code is recorded as 20876[14].
  • Germantown's Commons category is recorded as Germantown, Maryland[15].
  • Germantown's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 133495[16].
  • Germantown's located in time zone is recorded as Eastern Time Zone[17].
  • Germantown's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00[18].
  • Germantown's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−04:00[19].
  • Germantown's local dialing code is recorded as 301[20].
  • Germantown's local dialing code is recorded as 240[21].
  • Germantown's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 584579[22].
  • Germantown's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2389836[23].
  • Germantown's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 39.17305555555556, 'lon': -77.27166666666666}[24].
  • Germantown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012dqx[25].
  • Germantown's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 24-32025[26].
  • Germantown's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Germantown, Maryland[27].

Body

Geography

Germantown is in the country of United States[4]. Germantown is located in Montgomery County[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+44.376546'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+44.307593'}[29]. Germantown's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+134'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+90676'}[31], {'amount': '+86395'}[32], and {'amount': '+91249'}[33].

Climate and Environment

Germantown's Köppen climate classification is recorded as humid subtropical climate[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States[6] and unincorporated community[7].

Why It Matters

Germantown ranks in the top 0.76% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (433 views/month, #73 of 9,562).[2] Germantown has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Germantown is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [3] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Library of Congress Name Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . OpenStreetMap. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . Geographic Names Information System. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . GeoNames. Retrieved . mindat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] . Q15221937. Retrieved . mindat.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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