Centerville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Grass Township,
Spencer County, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
.
History
Centerville had its start in the early 1840s. An old variant name of the community was Oakland. A post office called Oakland was established in 1847, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1895.
Geography
Centerville is located at .
References
Unincorporated communities in Spencer County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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