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Do you know of Centreville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Centreville. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Centreville.

We found mention of Centreville as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Columbia County, Wisconsin.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1846 and closed  in 1858.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Centreville ...

We found 37 communities that share the name Centreville.

Within Wisconsin, the name Centreville is unique.

Beyond Wisconsin, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 32 are located in the United States and fifteen are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Bibb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Centreville [Bibb County].
    • British Columbia
      • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Centreville.
    • California
      • Alameda County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Centreville [Alameda County].
    • Colorado
      • Chaffee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Centreville [Chaffee County].
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Centreville [New Haven County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Centreville [New Castle County].
    • Florida
      • Leon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Centreville [Leon County].
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Centreville [Gwinnett County].
    • Idaho
      • Boise County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Centreville [Boise County].
    • Illinois
      • Saint Clair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Centreville [Saint Clair County].
    • Indiana
      • Wayne County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Centreville [Wayne County].
    • Kansas
      • Bourbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Centreville [Bourbon County].
      • Doniphan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Centreville [Doniphan County].
      • Linn County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Centreville [Linn County].
      • Marshall County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Centreville [Marshall County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bourbon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Centreville [Bourbon County].
    • Louisiana
      • Saint Mary Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Centreville [Saint Mary Parish].
    • Maryland
      • Queen Anne's County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Centreville [Queen Anne's County].
    • Michigan
      • Saint Joseph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Centreville [Saint Joseph County].
    • Mississippi
      • Amite County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Centreville [Amite County].
    • Missouri
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Centreville [Clark County].
    • Nevada
      • Humboldt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Centreville [Humboldt County].
      • White Pine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Centreville [White Pine County].
    • New Brunswick
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Centreville.
    • New Hampshire
      • Carroll County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Centreville [Carroll County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Centreville.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Centreville.
    • Ohio
      • Huron County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Centreville [Huron County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Centreville.
    • Rhode Island
      • Kent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Centreville [Kent County].
    • South Carolina
      • Laurens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Centreville [Laurens County].
    • South Dakota
      • Turner County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Centreville [Turner County].
    • Texas
      • Henderson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Centreville [Henderson County].
    • Virginia
      • Fairfax County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Centreville [Fairfax County].
      • Louisa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Centreville [Louisa County].
      • Norfolk City
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Centreville [Norfolk City].
    • Washington
      • Klickitat County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Centreville [Klickitat County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Centreville ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Centreville:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Columbia County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Columbia County.

AlloaLevee
 Lewiston Station
Cheney 
CorningManley
  
East RioOshaukuta
Empire JunctionOstego
Engle 
 Pacific
Farr's CornersPigeon Grove
 Port Hope
HampdenPortage Junction
Hartman 
HubbardRadisson
 Rocky Run
Junction 
 Silver
Keyser 
Kilbourn CityThurman
  
Lake GeorgeWest Point
Leeds Center 

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Centreville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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