Welcome to Centerville ...So far, we found very little information about Centerville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Centerville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Centerville, please Contact Us. Centerville would have been located within present day Grundy County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Centerville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Centerville is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Centerville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Centerville was located: 815 & 779<4> Communities Also Named Centerville ...While we believe that this Centerville is located in Grundy County, we know of another 6 Illinois communities named Centerville. Those communities are located in the following counties: Calhoun, Knox, Macoupin, Morgan, Piatt and White County. Beyond Illinois, 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), Idaho, 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. Websites for Centerville ...Chamber of Commerce: www.grundychamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Centerville, the following might be of interest: Communities near Centerville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Centerville.
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. Adding Centerville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Centerville 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 Centerville was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Centerville. Footnotes ...
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