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History · Centerville

51% of Centerville’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Lutze Housebarn. Below: maps from 1954 on.

1on the National Register
51%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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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.Old housesHalf of Centerville’s homes were built before 1938.
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The story so far

Centerville, in brief

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

Centerville is a town in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 631 at the 2020 census. The town is divided by I-43 and surrounds the Village of Cleveland.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 645 to 631 (-2%).

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

Timeline

Centerville, 1850 to 1954

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1850BuiltLutze Housebarn is built
  3. 1890Born hereMark Tobey is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1954On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

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 map

Centerville on the map, 1954 to 1994

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

Centerville on the 1954 USGS mapCenterville on the 1973 USGS mapCenterville on the 1994 USGS map1954St Wendel sheet · 1:24,000

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

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
each building in a district counts
first listed
1984
Lutze Housebarn
Lutze Housebarn, built 1850
Buildings
Lutze HousebarnBuilt 1850

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

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Centerville
KassaSaint John's Ebenezer Reformed Cemetery - EastSaint John's Ebenezer Reformed Cemetery - WestSaxon

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.

ClevelandIts storyC+NewtonIts storyCMosel1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeemeIts storyB+

Questions about Centerville’s history

What is on the National Register in Centerville?

One place: the Lutze Housebarn (listed 1984).

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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.