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History · Centerville

14% of Centerville’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Joshua B. Cary House. Its Register listing is the Joshua B. Cary House.

1on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Centerville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Centerville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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How Centerville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Centerville.

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The Columbian Chemicals Plant explosion hoax involved a plant located near Centerville.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Centerville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
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first listed
1982
Joshua B. Cary House
Joshua B. Cary House
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Greek Revival1
Joshua B. Cary HouseGreek Revival

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Centerville’s history

What is on the National Register in Centerville?

One place: the Joshua B. Cary House (listed 1982).

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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 National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.