Welcome to Centennial ...

Centennial is located in La Paz County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Centennial, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Centennial is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Centennial lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Centennial: 928

Communities Also Named Centennial ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Centennial - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Montana (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Centennial.

Communities near Centennial ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Centennial.

• Harqua Hala ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Harqua Hala is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harqua Hala
• Salome
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Salome is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salome
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salome <3>
• Wenden
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Wenden is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wenden
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wenden <3>
• Cullen's Well ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Cullen's Well is located in Maricopa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cullen's Well
• New Hope
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • New Hope is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
• Tonopah
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Tonopah is located in Maricopa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tonopah
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tonopah <3>
• Vicksburg
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Vicksburg is located in La Paz County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vicksburg
• Aguila
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Aguila is located in Maricopa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aguila
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aguila <3>
• Wintersburg
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Wintersburg is located in Maricopa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersburg
• Harqua ‑ Historic
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Harqua is located in Maricopa County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harqua

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Centennial. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Centennial.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Centennial. See our Newspapers Page for Centennial.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Centennial ...

Looking for more information about Centennial? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Centennial, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Centennial.

Adding Centennial to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Centennial in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Centennial was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Centennial post office opened in 1881. The Centennial post office closed in 1886.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Centennial.