Essentially, the boundaries of Germantown are:

--Washington Lane on the north
--The R7 Chestnut Hill E tracks/Wister Ave. on the south
--Stenton Ave. on the east
--Wissahickon Ave. on the west

The northern and eastern boundaries are a bit fuzzy. Some argue that G'Town goes as far north as Upsal St. Some also argue that Johnson St. is the divider, as that divides zip codes 19144 and 19119. Mt. Airy USA says Washington Lane, as do the street banners on G'Town Ave. And I've only seen Stenton used as a boundary for G'Town once that I can recall, but it seems to me to be a natural boundary.

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I think it's safe to say Stenton is the Eastern Boundary.

When I was a kid and lived on Manheim Street back in the 50s, we considered everything north of Wayne Junction and the Midvale-Heppenstall steel plant to be part of Germantown. When I was a young adult and live on Milne Street by Fernhill Park, we also considered ourselves to be in Germantown. I wonder about Wister STreet as a southern boundary.

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I had friends who lived on Manheim St. in the 50's. I lived on East Queen Lane at the time. Do you remember the New Lyric theater?

Wayne Junction/ Roberts Ave is the southern boundary for Germantown. Anything below Wayne Junction is considered Nicetown.

Johnson St. is considered the northern boundary.

Stenton Ave. is part of the eastern boundary, especially as it slices it's way south of Wister St.

Wissahickon Ave is the western boundary until you hit Walnut Ln. Then Germntown slices a bit farther west up to Johnson St.

But other than that, the boundaries you post are okay.

i lived in germantown in the 50s and 60s. i would like to drop a few names of old friends to see if anyone knows there where abouts i hung out at the pidgeon hole steak house and penn and magnolia streets 63 thru 69 now the names........larry mercer ..greg reynolds,,harry travis..henny sassie..david sassie..joanne prozzillo ..diane bertin. cousins older than me 59 and up joey jackie patsy billy bobby margie [ the ambroses] who where from brickyard. anyone remember teddy globe the bum.more cousins[steve david and al didonato i use to work at viz electronics on high st they were good days mostley. i use to love to eat at littons on germantown ave remember that place i went to visit 2 years ago and was shocked .....the old home [right behind germantown hospital on clarkson ave] looked like a war zone time goes on i guess thanks

Ever heard of Daniel Pastorius?

Sam,

My dad is Jackie, and you named my Uncles and Aunt in your list. I can put you in touch with my dad.

Hope to hear from you.

Joe Ambrose

I use to go to school with a girl by the name of Nicole Didonato maybe she is related.My mommy use to work at VIZ also but that was in the 90's.

My Dad and aunts and uncles grew up in east germantown in the 50's and 60's. did you know any McIlhennys?