East Germantown is a town in Jackson Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

[4] The East Germantown Civil War Band was assigned to the 12th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment in 1862.

[5][6] A post office operated from March 31, 1846, until August 4, 1917, under the name of East Germantown, when its name officially changed to Pershing due to events surrounding World War I.

A faction campaigned the day before the name-change vote by telling people that since their deeds mentioned "East Germantown", changing to "Pershing" would invalidate their ownership.

[8] Ernest G. Lamott (1911–1980),[11] secretary-treasurer of the town board at the time, said the vote went for "East Germantown" since voters had no way of proving or disproving this assertion in the hours before the election.

However, the railroad continued with the name East Germantown since there is another Pershing, an unincorporated community, in Fulton County.

[12] According to the 2010 census, East Germantown has a total area of 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2), all land.