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Germantown to consider annexing ‘little bitty doughnut hole’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 04, 2025 6:26 PM CT | Published: March 04, 2025 3:36 PM CT

Germantown isn’t quite landlocked and has a smidgen of unincorporated property to annex, but the measure under consideration won’t affect any residents.

The city that constantly talks about not having any more land to annex has the opportunity to grow about 450 feet.

In August, Germantown officials reached out to Collierville leaders noting a sliver of land along Winchester Road was in neither of their boundaries.

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Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren

Abigail Warren is an award-winning reporter and covers Collierville and Germantown for The Daily Memphian. She was raised in the Memphis suburbs, attended Westminster Academy and studied journalism at the University of Memphis. She has been with The Daily Memphian since 2018.


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