Centerville is a
ghost town
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* Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned
Film and television
* Ghost Town (1936 film), ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser
* Ghost Town (1956 film), ''Ghost Town'' ...
in
Charlton County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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Places
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* Related to the ...
.
It was located along what is today
Georgia State Route 40
State Route 40 (SR 40) is a state highway in the southeast part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway travels from US 1/ US 23/ US 301/ SR 4/ SR 15 in Folkston east to Church Street in St. Marys. SR&nb ...
east of
Folkston.
History
Variant names were "Center Village" and "Centre Village".
The town's population dwindled when it was bypassed by the railroad following the Civil War.
Later in the 19th Century, the
Brunswick and Pensacola Railroad passed through the site of Centerville in 1894, but by that time it was too late to be useful for the former community.
References
Geography of Charlton County, Georgia
Ghost towns in Georgia (U.S. state)
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