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History
The 1847 map of Houston County shows the settlement of BUSBY, where the
modern City of Centerville now stands. The history states that
this area has also been known as LaVilla, Gunn, Dunbar, and Toy at
various times.
It has been an area designated the Upper Fifth Land District for at least as far back as 1847.
Daniel Gunn had a General Store on the Perry-Macon Road. He had
received a land grant for his services in the Revolutionary War.
Other family names associated with the original settlers are:
Bass, Dorsett, Sledge, Todd, Howard, Clark, Costello, Kemp, Bateman,
Garvin, Kersey, Stalnaker, Sullivan, White, Stembridge, and Scarborough.
An 1882 map shows the town as Busbayville. The area map of 1888
shows it as Centerville. We can assume that the present name was
adopted at some point between 1882 and 1888. Centerville owes its
name to its location, which is halfway between Byron and Wellston:
halfway between Macon and Perry.
Around 1900, the citizens applied for a local Post Office. Postal
authorities required a different name for the town since there was
already a Centerville Post Office in Gwinnett County. So they
changed the name to HATTIE in honor of the daughter of Mitchell F.
Etheridge, a State Representative. After a few years, the Post
Office was moved to Byron, and Hattie was once again named Centerville.
The City of Centerville was incorporated under a charter issued March
25, 1958 by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. The
City of Centerville is probably one of the youngest cities in the State
of Georgia.
Superior Court Judge A.M. Anderson swore in Sherrill Stafford as Mayor:
Mark Mathews, Earl Sims, Ira Garvin, and Paul Stalnaker as councilmen.
The 1960 census gave the first official population count-290. Census as of 2002 approximately population count- 4299.
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