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The Centerville handbook

Living in Centerville, GA: what to set up and who to call

Centerville has its own drop-off, Centerville Recycling Center, on 101 Industrial Way. For home internet, most of Centerville can choose between Cox Communications and Windstream Georgia.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Centerville, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Centerville.

Electricity

Power comes from Georgia Power

Georgia Power (Georgia Power Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Centerville. Its homes paid an average of 16.3¢ per kWh in 2025, about $161 a month (its average across Georgia).

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Centerville water system

The Centerville water system supplies Centerville: about 93% of residents live in its service area. About 5% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Houston County-Feagin Mill as seller) and serves 14,701 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile1.3 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2024–Dec 2026, was 1.3 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 54% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0 (EPA’s estimate). Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. GA1530000.

Internet

7 home internet providers serve Centerville

99% of 3,723 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 15% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
Cox CommunicationsCable, Fiber94%2,000/100
Windstream GeorgiaDSL, Fiber70%1,000/1,000
AT&TFixed wireless, DSL50%25/3
Hargray CommunicationsCable22%1,000/50
Conexon ConnectFiber2%2,000/2,000
T-MobileFixed wireless44%25/3

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Centerville depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Centerville, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown pickupTown crews pick up at the curbcentervillega.org
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your address
Drop-off centerCity of Centerville Recycling CenterHours ↓
Pickup

Your pickup week

Holiday weeks

When a holiday falls on a weekday, pickup slides one day later for the rest of that week.

Drop-off center

City of Centerville Recycling Center

2513 Elberta Road, Centerville, GA 31028

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10a
12p
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  • Tue10 am–4 pm
  • Thu10 am–4 pm
  • Sat10 am–4 pm
Recycling drop-off

City of Centerville Recycling Center

2513 Elberta Road, Centerville, GA 31028

Recycling drop-off

Peacock's Recycling (Metal)

4040 Lazy Lane, Macon

Recycling drop-off

Macon Iron (Light Metals)

7th @ Edgewood, Macon

Recycling drop-off

Universal Scrap & Recyclers

92 Bargain Rd, Warner Robins

The town’s recycling and trash guidesRecycle Center Brochure 2025 (PDF) →
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsSmall items (limit 2 per month) picked up at no charge; brown goods such as furniture, mattresses and appliances $25 each, picked up no later than the day after regular collection day
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagecentervillega.org →

From centervillega.org, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated April 1, 2023, April 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Centerville kids go to
PK–5Centerville Elementary SchoolHouston County School District
6–8Thomson Middle SchoolHouston County School District
9–125 high schoolsDepends on your address

Centerville is in Houston County School District.

B+School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Nov 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Centerville spans 2 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Centerville residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of CentervilleZIP’s residents in Centerville
31028Centerville, GA76%100%
31093Warner Robins, GA24%7%
Area code478Wikidata

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Centerville

Who supplies Centerville’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Centerville water system (EPA ID GA1530000). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.3 ppb (Jan 2024–Dec 2026), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Centerville?

Georgia Power (Georgia Power Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 16.3¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).

What internet providers serve Centerville?

Cox Communications, Windstream Georgia, AT&T, Hargray Communications, Conexon Connect, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Centerville?

31028 (76%), 31093 (24%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Centerville in?

Houston County School District.

How do I register to vote in Centerville?

In Georgia you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before). Elections here are run by the Houston County Board of Elections and Voter Registration. Check your registration at mvp.sos.ga.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Centerville’s own website (centervillega.org), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.