Welcome to Centreville ...
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.
Centreville would have been located within present day Iowa County<2>.
We aren't confident of the location of Centreville, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Centreville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1836.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Centreville is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Centreville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Centreville still existed, it would have been in the (608) area code.
In the past, Centreville was named Dry Bone Post Office. and Dry Bone. For more information about the names of Centreville, see The Names of Centreville on our Genealogy Page.
Communities Also Named Centreville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Centreville - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada (2), New Brunswick, New Hampshire, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia (6), Ohio, Ontario (6), Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia (3) and Washington.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Centreville.
Communities near Centreville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Centreville.
- Platteville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Platteville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Dodgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dodgeville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Lancaster
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - Boscobel
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest) - Fennimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fennimore
- Fennimore is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,469 people
- Mineral Point
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Point
- Mineral Point is located in Iowa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
- Muscoda
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north) - Belmont
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
- Belmont is located in Lafayette County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 974 people
- Lone Rock
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast) - Highland
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
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 Centreville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Centreville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Centreville. 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 Centreville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Centreville. See our Newspapers Page for Centreville.
Adding Centreville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Centreville 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 for Centreville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Centreville post office opened in 1836.
We also found Centreville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Centreville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Iowa County: www.iowacounty.org/
The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/
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> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Iowa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Centreville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |