[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 4.04 square miles (10.46 km2), all land.

There were 1,939 housing units at an average density of 480.0 per square mile (185.3/km2).

32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

President Ulysses S. Grant grew up and attended grade school in Georgetown.

The school house is still in the town, where the locals refer to it as the Grant Schoolhouse.

Also in Georgetown are Grant's childhood home and the tannery that his father owned across the street.

The headstone of General Thomas L. Hamer is in the old cemetery located by the Brown County Fair Grounds.