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History · Centerville Township

32% of Centerville Township’s homes were built before 1940

0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Centerville Township’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Centerville Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Centerville Township, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Centerville Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Centerville Township is a township in Neosho County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 483.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 476 in 2010, 483 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Centerville Township

Nobody well known was born in Centerville Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Gilbert BakerAmerican artist and gay rights activist · b. 1951
ZaSu PittsAmerican actress · b. 1894
Buck ClaytonAmerican jazz trumpeter · b. 1911
Jamie Anne AllmanAmerican actress · b. 1977
Jennifer KnappAmerican Christian musician · b. 1974
Shaun HillAmerican football player · b. 1980
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Another post office, Hertha, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Gone or out of use
Brethren ChurchchurchCenterville SchoolschoolDoane-Dodd SchoolschoolExcelsior SchoolschoolHerthalocaleMeeker SchoolschoolOgeese Schoolschool
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Centerville Township
BrethrenGrant - BrownLakeviewUrbana

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Mission Township2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townErie Township2 historic placesBLadore TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townChetopa TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWalnut Grove TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.