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 2020 census, the community had a population of 790. 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.