Centerville, Boone County, Iowa

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Centerville, Iowa
Unincorporated community
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Centerville, Iowa
Coordinates: 42°05′34″N93°56′08″W / 42.09278°N 93.93556°W / 42.09278; -93.93556
Country United States
State Iowa
County Boone
Elevation
919 ft (280 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 515
GNIS feature ID455311 [1]

Centerville is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Iowa. [1]

History

Centerville was platted in 1855, but the town's growth soon failed to meet the expectations of its founders. [2] The town's mill was destroyed in 1858, and the Centerville dwindled in importance. [3] By 1914, Centerville contained but a "half dozen houses". [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Centerville, Boone County, Iowa
  2. ↑ The History of Boone County, Iowa. Union Historical Company. 1880. p.  529.
  3. ↑ "County History". Boone County. Archived from the original on June 12, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  4. ↑ Goldthwait, Nathan Edward (1914). History of Boone County, Iowa. Pioneer Publishing Company. p.  202.


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