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Centerville, TX
Centerville is a city in Leon County, Texas, Leon County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 905 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Leon County, Texas, Leon County. Centerville was so named as it is near the geographic center of Leon County. History Centerville became the county seat of Leon County in 1850. It was originally built on 200 acres donated by Robert J Townes and D.C. Carrington. The town established an annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival in 1937. File:The Courtyard, Centerville, TX IMG 6234.JPG, "The Courtyard" across from the Leon County, Texas, Leon County Courthouse in Centerville File:Citizens State Bank, Centerville, TX IMG 6240.JPG, Citizens State Bank in Centerville File:Pix Theater Centerville Wiki (1 of 1).jpg, Pix Theater opened in 1941. It is now closed File:Leon County Courthouse Centerville Texas Wiki (1 of 1).jpg, Leon County Courthouse was built in 1887 File:Leon County Jail Centerville Texas Wiki (1 of 1).jpg, Leon County Jail is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
