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Introduction ...

So far, we found very little information about Centreville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Centreville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Centreville, please Contact Us.

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Centreville (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Centreville. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Name Variations for Centreville ...

When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.

Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.

A past name for Centreville: Dry Bone.

Another variation: Centerville.

You might see Centrevill Centreeville instead of Centreville.

You might be interested in other communities that are also named Centreville. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Centreville.

If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.

For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Although our information shows that the community of Centreville is historic, it would have been located within present day Iowa County.

To see how the shape of Wisconsin's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Iowa County: Dane, Grant, Green, Lafayette, Richland & Sauk.

Below are the counties that are near Centreville. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Centreville:

  • Iowa County     (The home county of Centreville)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centreville, with the one closest to Centreville listed first.
    • Highland
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Cobb
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Edmund
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Linden
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Linden is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
    • Avoca
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
      • Avoca is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avoca
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
    • Rewey
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Dodgeville
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
    • Mineral Point
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Pleasant Ridge
      (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Hyde
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Ridgeway
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Ridgeway is located in Iowa County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 635 people
    • Helena
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
  • Crawford County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centreville, with the one closest to Centreville listed first.
    • Boydtown
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Steuben
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Wauzeka
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
      • Wauzeka is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wauzeka
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 733 people
    • Bell Center
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Petersburg
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Gays Mills
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Gays Mills is located in Crawford County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gays Mills
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 504 people
  • Dane County
    • Blue Mounds
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
      • Blue Mounds is located in Dane County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mounds
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 990 people
  • Grant County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centreville, with the one closest to Centreville listed first.
    • Montfort
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Preston
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Livingston
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
      • Livingston is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
    • Annaton
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Muscoda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Muscoda is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people
    • Stitzer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fennimore
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Blue River
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
      • Blue River is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue River
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 418 people
    • Boscobel
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Boscobel is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boscobel
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,134 people
    • Mount Ida
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Werley
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
      • Werley is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Werley
    • Lancaster
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Lafayette County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centreville, with the one closest to Centreville listed first.
    • Belmont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Elk Grove
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Calamine
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
    • Darlington
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Darlington is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
    • Benton
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
      • Benton is located in Lafayette County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
  • Richland County
  • Sauk County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Centreville, with the one closest to Centreville listed first.
    • Spring Green
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Spring Green is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Green
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,630 people
    • Plain
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Plain is located in Sauk County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 765 people
    • Sandusky
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Centreville, see our County-by-County Page for Centreville.

Cemeteries Near Centreville ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Centreville.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Centreville - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Centreville covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Centreville, with the one closest to Centreville listed first.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.

Centreville itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a population of 68 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Centreville, with the one closest to Centreville listed first.

  • Montfort
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Highland
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Preston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cobb
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Livingston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Livingston is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Livingston
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 632 people
  • Edmund
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lancaster Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Lancaster Junction is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster Junction
  • Annaton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Mifflin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Mifflin is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mifflin
  • Linden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Linden is located in Iowa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 523 people
  • Homer
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Homer is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Fennimore
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Stitzer
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Arthur
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
      • Arthur is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arthur
    • Muscoda
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Muscoda is located in Grant County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muscoda
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,236 people

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Centreville. See our List of 1890's Communities around Centreville.

Newspapers Published in Centreville ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 141 newspapers that have been published in the area around Centreville.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Centreville, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Centreville.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Centreville:

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Centreville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Centreville) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.