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Welcome to Centerville ...

Centerville is located in Fayette County<1>.

Centerville is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Centerville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Centerville and travel east, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Centerville: 859

Communities Also Named Centerville ...

While we believe that this Centerville is located in Fayette County, we know of another 2 Kentucky communities named Centerville. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bourbon and Clark County.

Beyond Kentucky, 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, Illinois (7), Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (9), 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.

  • Lexington - Fayette
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Lexington - Fayette is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lexington - Fayette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324,735 people
  • Richmond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Georgetown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Nicholasville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Winchester
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Paris
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Paris is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,719 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paris <3>
  • Wilmore
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • North Middletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • North Middletown is located in Bourbon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Middletown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 650 people
  • Keene
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Cadentown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cadentown is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cadentown

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 book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Centerville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Fayette, 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>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.