THE GERMANTOWN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Kettle Moraines setting.
Germantown village has 34.4 square miles of land in Washington County. Its Census reference point is in Kettle Moraines, within Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains.
Glacial till plains support a transition between hardwood forest, oak savanna and prairie landscapes. Rolling farmland and woodland reflect this meeting of ecological regions in southeastern Wisconsin.
Regional context: Southeastern Wisconsin Till Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Germantown and Washington County
Germantown is associated with Washington County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Germantown by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Germantown, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points lower than the 1.2% recorded for Washington County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Germantown village has 18.9 times the land area of nearby Germantown town (1.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

