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12 unusual facts about Centreville


Alabama State Route 58

SR-58 begins at an intersection with US-82/SR-6/SR-25/SR-219 in Centreville, heading east on two-lane undivided Walnut Street.

State Route 58 (SR-58) is a short route in Centreville in Bibb County.

Centreville, Delaware

Centreville is now known primarily for being the location of Du Pont family estates, as well as several other wealthy business families from nearby Wilmington, and the home of Governor Jack Markell.

The hamlet of Fairville, Pennsylvania, about three miles north on Kennett Pike (Pennsylvania Route 52) developed about the same time as Centreville, and is also listed on the National Register.

Centreville, New Brunswick

There is also a Home Hardware store and two stores offering good quality ladies clothing and extensive gift-ware.

Charles Hopper Gibson

Gibson was born near Centreville, Maryland, and attended the Centreville Academy and the Archer School in Harford County.

Don Warren

After retiring from football, he spent several years as baseball and football coach at Centreville High School in Centreville, Virginia where his three boys went.

Eddie Popowski

He never played in the big leagues, but began a 21-year minor league managerial career in 1941 with the Bosox' Centreville, Maryland club in the Class D Eastern Shore League.

Herman Herst, Jr.

He is survived by his second wife Ida, and two children: Kenneth of Springfield, Virginia, and Patricia Held of Centreville, Virginia.

James R. Stewart

James Stewart G.S.A. Ph. (October 1, 1903 – April 30, 1964) was born in Morehead, MS, the son of a wealthy plantation owner; his uncle Professor William Stewart taught in Centreville, MS. He began school in Morehead and moved to Cleveland by 1915 where he studied art and commercial business.

Langley Covered Bridge

Langley Covered Bridge is the longest remaining wooden covered bridge in the state of Michigan, and is located several miles north of Centreville, Michigan, the seat of St. Joseph County.

Matthew Tilghman

Matthew was born on the family plantation, The Hermitage, near Centreville in Queen Anne's County, Maryland.


Battle of Middleburg

The Parisian colonel finally returned to Centreville with only 4 officers and 27 men.

Delaware Byways

The byway passes by several tourist destinations, including Rodney Square, Hotel du Pont, the Goodstay House, the Gibraltar Mansion, the Delaware Museum of Natural History, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, and Centreville Village on DE 52 and Montchanin Village and Brandywine Creek State Park on DE 100.

First New Jersey Brigade

However, a few companies of the 1st and 2nd New Jersey Infantries were directed to help stem the retreat at Centreville, Virginia, after the Confederates routed General Irvin McDowell's forces at Manassas, Virginia, on July 21, 1861.

Maryland and Delaware Railroad

The Northern Line intersects Norfolk Southern in Townsend, Delaware and heads west towards Massey, Maryland, where the line splits into two branches, one destined for Chestertown, Maryland and the other destined for Centreville, Maryland.

Maryland Route 18

MD 18 is the main east–west local highway on Kent Island and east to Centreville, serving the centers of Stevensville, Chester, Kent Narrows, Grasonville, and Queenstown that are bypassed by U.S. Route 50 and US 301.

Samuel G. Engel

Born in Woodridge, New York (then Centreville), Engel earned a degree in pharmacology at the Albany College of Pharmacy and owned a chain of drug stores in Manhattan with his brother Irving, before moving to Los Angeles in 1930.

Virginia State Route 28

Route 28/Centreville Road enters Fairfax County at Centreville, at which point it transitions from an undivided to a divided highway.

WAKK

WKJN, a radio station (104.9 FM) licensed to Centreville, Mississippi, United States, which held the call sign WAKK-FM from October 2005 to April 2009