McClellandtown, Edenborn, Leckrone, Ronco, Footedale, Adah, Palmer, Hibbs, and Lambert are located within the township.

[4] The Andrew Rabb House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

[5] German Township is on the western edge of Fayette County, bordered on the west by the Monongahela River.

To the west across the river are Monongahela and Cumberland townships in Greene County.

The borough of Masontown is in the southwest corner of the township but is a separate municipality.

[3] Pennsylvania Route 21 crosses the township, leading east to Uniontown, the Fayette County seat, and west across the Monongahela to Waynesburg.