Centerville is one of the seven villages in the Town of
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Barnstable ( ) is a List of municipalities in Massachusetts, town in the U.S. state of Massachusetts and the county seat of Barnstable County, Massachusetts, Barnstable County. Barnstable is the largest community, both in land area and population ...
, United States, on
Cape Cod
Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months. The ...
.
Located on the South Side of Barnstable, Centerville is primarily residential, and includes a small business district as well as several notable
beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from Rock (geology), rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological s ...
es. It has its own elementary school and public library, and is home to the
Centerville Historic District and the Centerville Historical Museum.
Centerville contains the neighborhood of
Craigville, which includes Craigville Beach. Centerville was originally named Chequaquet (meaning "pleasant harbor"). Centerville is the location of the award-winning, independent
Four Seas Ice Cream shop on South Main Street near the intersection with Old Stage Road. It is also home to the
Centerville Pie Company, mentioned on ''
The Oprah Winfrey Show
''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' is an American first-run syndicated talk show that was hosted by Oprah Winfrey. The show ran for twenty-five seasons from September 8, 1986, to May 25, 2011, in which it broadcast 4,561 episodes. The show was taped i ...
''s 2010 "
Oprah's Favorite Things" episode. Located on Pine Street is the St. Francis Xavier cemetery, which is the final resting place for
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and her husband
Sargent Shriver. In late June 1993,
Jaleel White, who portrayed Steve Urkel on the sitcom ''
Family Matters'', performed in a one-man production of ''Fiddler on the Roof'' in front of the Centerville Public Library. The American composer
Amy Beach
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra ...
frequently summered in Centerville during the 1920s and 1930s.
Notes
External links
Centerville Public Library
Populated coastal places in Massachusetts
Villages in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Villages in Massachusetts
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