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Welcome to Centerville ...

Centerville is located in Boise County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Centerville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Centerville is 4,200 feet [1,280 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Centerville is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Centerville lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Centerville: 208 & 986<3>

Communities Also Named Centerville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 143 communities that are also named Centerville - they are located in Alabama (3), Arizona, Arkansas (4), California (6), Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (10), Illinois (7), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (9), Kentucky (3), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts (3), Michigan (2), Minnesota (3), Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Montana (4), Nebraska, Nevada (3), New Jersey (5), New Mexico, New York (6), North Carolina, Ohio (9), Oklahoma (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (12), Rhode Island (2), South Carolina (4), South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (3), Utah, Vermont (3), Virginia (9), Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (4).

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

Communities near Centerville ...

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

  • Horseshoe Bend
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Idaho City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Crouch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Crouch is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crouch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 192 people
  • Placerville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Quartzburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Quartzburg is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quartzburg
  • Grimes Pass
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Grimes Pass is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grimes Pass
  • Garden Valley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Banks
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lowman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brownlee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Brownlee is located in Boise County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee

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 Centerville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Centerville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Centerville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Centerville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Centerville ...

Looking for more information about Centerville? 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 Centerville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Centerville.

Adding Centerville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Centerville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Centerville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Centerville post office opened in 1893. The Centerville post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Centerville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Idaho's counties, including Boise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Centerville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 208 code has been Overlayed with the 986 area code. New phone numbers in the Centerville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 208 or 986. As a result, placing a call in the Centerville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/