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15 unusual facts about Centerville


Banana pudding

The National Banana Pudding Festival is held at the Hickman County Ag Pavilion and Fairgrounds at Grinder's Switch just outside of Centerville, Tennessee.

Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio

It is located near U.S. Route 35 near the eastern terminus of State Route 279 as the highways parallel each other for about 1/2 mile.

Centerville, Georgia

Other major retailers in the mall include American Eagle, Radio Shack, GameStop, GNC, Victoria's Secret, FYE, Hibbett Sports, as well as various smaller brand stores and eateries.

There are over 50 stores located within and its anchor stores include Sears, JCPenny, and Belk.

Centerville, Humboldt County, California

In 1857 Arnold Berding, a native of Germany arrived in Humboldt County and set up a store, hotel, livery and post office at the now-abandoned village of Centerville where Abraham Lincoln appointed him the first and only postmaster of the town.

Centerville, Kansas

Centerville is the birthplace of the dancer and choreographer Wayne Lamb.

Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio

Kirk Herbstreit, is a Centerville native, and in 1988 was the Gatorade National High School Player of the Year.

Centerville, North Carolina

Centerville is centered on "the crossroads", which is the intersection of NC-561 and NC-58, and consists of three small old-fashioned country stores, one each on three of that intersection's four corners.

Centerville, Trinity County, Texas

Centerville, also known as Little Centerville (to distinguish it from Centerville in Leon County, Texas) is a community located in Trinity County, Texas, at the intersection of highway 94 and FM 358, 9 miles from Groveton.

Claude Payton

Claude Duval Payton (March 20, 1882, Centerville, Iowa - March 1, 1955, Los Angeles, California) was an American actor.

Fusakichi Omori

Omori continued his observations south into the Eel River Valley, stopped in Ferndale, California and noted a giant landslide south of Centerville at False Cape which covered the former coast road and created a new promontory into the Pacific Ocean as well as damages to local property and buildings.

Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge

The Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge, officially the Ronald C. "Smokey" Blakewell Bridge is a high-level girder bridge that carries vehicular traffic across the Monongahela River between Luzerne Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania and Centerville in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Porterville, Utah

Porterville was first settled by Centerville residents Sanford and Nancy Warriner Porter in 1859.

Rick Mathews

Mathews is currently a pro scout for the Rockies based in Centerville, Iowa.

Tim Hugo

Since 2003, Hugo has served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing the 40th district, which includes the municipalities of Bull Run, Catharpin, Centerville, Clifton, and Fairfax Station.


Appanoose County Community Railroad

The APNC railroad passes through four Iowa towns: Centerville, Udell, Moravia and Albia.

Appanoose County, Iowa

A Rubbermaid plant was the county's largest private employer, until the company announced, in June 2006, that the plant, located in the Centerville industrial park, would close in October 2006.

Centerville Community College

In the early 1960s the college moved to the 3rd floor of the Iowa Southern Utilities Building on the northeast corner of the Centerville Courthouse Square Historic District.

Centerville High School Performing Arts Center

The new PAC was financed by a levy and was built at the back of Centerville High School.

Centerville High School also has four choirs, known as Concert Choir, Women's Choir, Symphonic Choir, and Forte (an a cappella group).

The orchestra program at Centerville High School consists of its Symphonic Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra (a small ensemble that breaks into smaller quartets to perform in the community), and an Alternative Strings program (which plays bluegrass, jazz, and Celtic music).

Delaware Route 52

The route runs from U.S. Route 13 Business (US 13 Bus.) in downtown Wilmington north to Pennsylvania Route 52 (PA 52) at the Pennsylvania border near Centerville.

Eielsen Synod

In 1971, it had 75 members scattered among churches in French Lake and Jackson, Minnesota, Centerville, South Dakota, Taylor and Lodi, Wisconsin.

Fred and Barney Meet The Thing

The stories centered mostly around Benjy at Centerville High School with his friends Betty (voiced by Marilyn Schreffler), her rich boyfriend Ronald Radford (voiced by John Erwin), Betty's kid sister Kelly (voiced by Noelle North) and teacher Miss Twilly (voiced by Marilyn Schreffler).

Fred Schmitz

Cato, Maple Grove and Franklin were moved from the second district to the first, and Centerville and Newton were taken from the first and added to the third.

Joe Cronin

Cronin died at the age of 77 on September 7, 1984, in Osterville, Massachusetts, and is buried in St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in nearby Centerville.

KCOG

This show recently picked up a large sponsorship from Centerville, Iowa's local Hy-Vee and will expand to a two-hour show Wednesday nights, starting October 20, 2010.

Kearney, Missouri

Kearney was unofficially founded in the spring of 1856 by David T. Duncan and W. R. Cave, and was originally called Centerville.

KNRS

KNRS-FM, a FM radio station in Centerville, Utah, United States

KXTA

KTUB, a radio station (1600 AM) licensed to Centerville, Utah, United States, which held the call sign KXTA from September 2005 to November 2007

Monte Hill Davis

In 1953, Davis returned from Europe to America to marry Jack David Alexander who, in 1962, was among the 45 crew and passengers killed in a Continental Airlines Flight 11 crash near Centerville, Iowa.

Sheboygan Area School District

Sheboygan Area School District is a school district in Sheboygan, Wisconsin that serves that city, the village of Cleveland, and the towns of Centerville, Mosel, Sheboygan and Wilson.

Strange Invaders

Twenty five years later, university lecturer Charles Bigelow (Paul Le Mat) learns that his ex-wife, Margaret Newman (Diana Scarwid), has disappeared while attending her mother's funeral in Centerville, and travels there to find her.

Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station

By storing most of the deluge it spared towns downstream, including Lesterville and Centerville, from a damaging flood.

The Centreville Times

The 1822 Centerville Times was the first newspaper to be published in Queen Anne's County.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Carolina

In 1897, mobs burned one of South Carolina's first Latter-day Saint meetinghouses in Centerville.

WNKX

WMAK, a radio station (1570 AM) licensed to Centerville, Tennessee, which held the call sign WNKX from 1991 to 2013

WNKX-FM, a radio station (96.7 FM) licensed to Centerville, Tennessee, United States

WWRD

WWRD-LP, a low-power television station (channel 32) licensed to Centerville, Ohio, United States