Germanton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Forsyth and Stokes counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina, primarily in Stokes County. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 827.It is located 13 miles south of the Stokes County seat of Danbury, on North Carolina State Highways 8 and 65 at an altitude of 662 feet. Downtown Winston-Salem is 13 miles to the south. Germanton was the county seat of Stokes County prior to Forsyth County being created from southern Stokes. Before the creation of Forsyth County, Germanton was centrally located within the Stokes County limits.Germanton was established in 1790 and is the oldest community in Stokes County. The town's original 23 acres were part of a 700-acre tract that was granted to Jacob Lash by the Earl of Granville in 1762. The 23 acres were deeded from brothers Michael and Henry Frey.