Centerville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Butte County, California
Butte County () is a county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of California. In the 2020 census, its population was 211,632. The county seat is Oroville.
Butte County comprises the Chico, CA metropolitan statistical area. It is ...
along
Butte Creek. It was midway between
Helltown and
Diamondville.
The area is about one and three quarters miles, straight-line distance, west of
Paradise
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.
Geography
The US Geological Survey defines it as a populated place with a feature ID of 1658249. The community is above mean sea level. The area is inside
area code 530
Area code 530 is a California telephone area code in northeastern and Northern California.
Regions within it include the Sacramento Valley (including some outer suburbs of Sacramento), Shasta Cascade, and the northern Sierra Nevada. Area code 53 ...
. Access to the area is via Honey Run Road off Skyway Avenue about east of
State Route 99.
History
The post office was named for John Adams, its first postmaster, and operated from 1880 to 1913.
Centerville Cemetery is located less than a mile northeast at (NAD27).
Centerville Power Plant is a small
hydroelectric power plant in the community. When the plant is in operation, the volume of water in the creek goes up. Signs downstream along Butte Creek warn that the water level can rise suddenly without warning. The facility was built about 1900 and generates electricity using water facilities that once supplied a hydraulic mine during California's Gold Rush.
References
Unincorporated communities in California
Unincorporated communities in Butte County, California
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