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Centerville
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city in and county seat of Appanoose County, Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- USA
- State
- Iowa
- County
- Appanoose
- Incorporated
- January 23, 1857
- Founded by
- Jonathon Stratton
- Named after
- William Tandy Senter
- Total
- 4.86 sq mi (12.60 km )
- Land
- 4.84 sq mi (12.53 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 1,007 ft (307 m)
- Density
- 1,120/sq mi (432/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 19-12315
- Website
- www .centerville-ia .org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Centerville is a city in and the county seat of Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,412 in the 2020 census, a decline from 5,924 in 2000. After the turn of the 20th century Centerville's coal mining industry attracted European immigrants from Sweden, Italy, Croatia, and Albania. Centerville is also home of the largest town square in the state of Iowa and a campus of Indian Hills Community College.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Centerville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.