Centerville is an
unincorporated community
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in
Talbot County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Georgia
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.
History
Centerville was established in the 1820s as the county seat.
Centerville then was located near the
geographic center
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of Talbot County, hence the name.
A variant name was "Centre".
The
Georgia General Assembly
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Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ...
incorporated the place as the "Town of Centreville" in 1835. The town once had its own school district, formed by an act of legislature in 1905.
The town was an incorporated municipality until its charter was officially dissolved in 1995.
References
Unincorporated communities in Talbot County, Georgia
Unincorporated communities in Georgia (U.S. state)
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