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Welcome to Centennial ...

Centennial is located in Monroe 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 2,590 feet [789 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Centennial is ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Centennial: 304 & 681<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), Texas 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.

  • Lewisburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • White Sulphur Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Ronceverte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Alderson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Union
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
  • New Castle
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hollywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
    • Hollywood is located in Monroe County
  • Hillsdale
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hillsdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
    • Hillsdale is located in Monroe County
  • Tuckahoe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckahoe
    • Tuckahoe is located in Greenbrier County
  • Simmonsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville
    • Simmonsville is located in Craig County (VA)

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 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 Centennial was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Centennial post office opened in 1875.

We also found Centennial in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Centennial.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Monroe, 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Centennial area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. 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.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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