Septic records and services in Germantown, Tennessee

In Shelby County, Tennessee, which covers Germantown, we have measured 22,117 parcels on septic and 259,304 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Germantown on its own and this page does not estimate one.

What Germantown is, in the records

Germantown is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee. The Census Bureau puts its internal point at 35.081957, -89.782584 and its land area at 20.00 square miles. Septic permitting and record keeping happen at the county level, not the city level, which is why every figure below is attributed to the county and linked back to the county page it came from.

What we hold for the county that covers Germantown

Our collection for Shelby County, Tennessee is small, at 168 septic records. Treat it as a starting point for a Germantown property rather than a search that settles the question. The county is predominantly sewered: only 22,117 of 281,421 classified parcels are on septic. Septic properties near Germantown are the exception, which is exactly why owners often do not know they have one. The county publishes a records portal that we were able to search without creating an account, which makes checking a specific parcel something you can do yourself in a few minutes.

Start from who you are

Septic is one subject with very different jobs inside it. These go straight to the page that does yours.

Questions people ask

Does Parcel Perfect have a septic count for Germantown?

No. We measure septic and sewer at parcel level and roll it up by county. In Shelby County, Tennessee, which covers Germantown, we have measured 22,117 parcels on septic and 259,304 on sewer. That is a county measurement. We do not hold a septic count for Germantown on its own and this page does not estimate one.

Which county is Germantown in?

Germantown is in Shelby County, Tennessee.

Records and services around Germantown

• Shelby County septic records — what we hold, and where the county keeps the originals
• Tennessee septic regulations — the rules that actually bind here, which no page on this site restates from memory
• Tennessee septic records index

ZIP codes that overlap Germantown

From the Census ZCTA-to-place relationship file, with the share of Germantown’s land area that falls in each. A ZIP is not a place boundary and the two only ever partly agree, which is exactly why both pages exist.

• ZIP 38138 (59% of the city)
• ZIP 38139 (36% of the city)
• ZIP 38125 (6% of the city)
• ZIP 38120 (0% of the city)

Nearest other places

Straight-line distance from the Census internal point of Germantown.

• Collierville — 5.3 mi
• Piperton — 10.0 mi
• Memphis — 10.7 mi
• Bartlett — 10.7 mi
• Lakeland — 12.9 mi
• Rossville — 13.0 mi
• Arlington — 13.6 mi
• Oakland — 17.0 mi
• Millington — 18.6 mi
• Gallaway — 19.2 mi
• Moscow — 22.7 mi
• Braden — 23.1 mi
• Williston — 23.6 mi
• Atoka — 23.8 mi
• Munford — 25.0 mi
• Somerville — 25.2 mi
• Mason — 26.6 mi
• Brighton — 27.7 mi
• La Grange — 30.7 mi
• Randolph — 30.7 mi
• Gilt Edge — 31.4 mi
• Burlison — 32.8 mi
• Grand Junction — 33.6 mi
• Stanton — 33.9 mi
• Covington — 34.3 mi
• Garland — 35.0 mi
• Dancyville — 35.4 mi
• Hickory Valley — 37.4 mi

Get the septic design for a property here

Parcel Perfect generates a code-shaped septic design and as-built style drawing for a parcel from the records and site data we hold, and shows every parcel we have classified as septic or sewer on one map. Both are open to use for any parcel in Shelby County, Tennessee.

Open the parcel map and design tool