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History · Centerville (Thurman)

16% of Centerville (Thurman)’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1906 on.

0on the National Register
16%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Centerville (Thurman)’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 (Thurman) are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Centerville (Thurman), and 1 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19063 editions of the USGS map, 1906 to 1975. Watch Centerville (Thurman) change.Old housesHalf of Centerville (Thurman)’s homes were built before 1962.
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Decades since 1900 with photos
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Woods Mills
1816–1839
Ridgeway
1839–1846
Thurman
1846–today
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Thurman
1cemetery inside Centerville (Thurman)
Thurman

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

On the map

Centerville (Thurman) on the map, 1906 to 1975

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Centerville (Thurman). Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Centerville (Thurman) on the 1906 USGS mapCenterville (Thurman) on the 1961 USGS mapCenterville (Thurman) on the 1975 USGS map1906Bidwell sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Centerville (Thurman).

The story so far

Centerville (Thurman), in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 103 to 87 (-16%).

Timeline

Centerville (Thurman), 1816 to 1906

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1816Post officeThe Woods Mills post office opens
  3. 1839Post officeThe Woods Mills post office closes
  4. 1839Post officeThe Ridgeway post office opens
  5. 1846Post officeThe Ridgeway post office closes
  6. 1846Post officeThe Thurman post office opens
  7. 20th century
  8. 1906On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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History across the town line

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.