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Welcome to Centennial ...

Centennial is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Centennial is located in Panola County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Centennial, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Centennial is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Centennial lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Centennial: 903 & 430<3>

Communities Also Named Centennial ...

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

  • Carthage
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Greenwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Stonewall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Waskom
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Logansport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Joaquin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Keachi
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Keachi is located in De Soto Parish (LA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keachi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Grand Cane
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Longstreet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Midyett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Midyett is located in Panola County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midyett

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.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Centennial. 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 Centennial.

We also 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 on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Centennial.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Panola, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Centennial - 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 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Centennial area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Centennial 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.