Germantown, Queensland

Germantown is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Germantown had a population of 52 people.

Geography
The locality is bounded to the north-west by Utchee Creek, to the north by Camp Creek Road, to the east by Stewart Creek, and to the south by the watercourse Mena Creek.

The Innisfail Japoon Road enters the locality from the north (the locality Camp Creek) and exits to the south-west (the locality Mena Creek).

The land use is agricultural, a mix of crop growing (with sugarcane being widely grown) and grazing on native vegetation. There is a cane tramway network through the locality to transport the harvested sugarcane to the South Johnstone sugar mill.

History
After the First World War, many German settlers settled here (hence the place name). It was mainly a sugar cane farming community until the early 2010s, at which time a large portion of Germantown was converted from sugar cane into open cattle country. Another portion of Germantown was recently converted into a Banana farm.

Demographics
In the, Germantown had a population of 64 people.

In the, Germantown had a population of 52 people.

Education
There are no schools in Germantown. The nearest government primary school is Mena Creek State School in neighbouring Mena Creek to the south. The nearest government secondary school is Innisfail State College in Innisfail Estate to the north-east.