Centerville, Texas
| Centerville, Texas | |
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 Location of Centerville, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 31°15′23″N 95°58′46″W / 31.25639°N 95.97944°WCoordinates: 31°15′23″N 95°58′46″W / 31.25639°N 95.97944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Leon |
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| • Total | 1.5 sq mi (3.8 km2) |
| • Land | 1.5 sq mi (3.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 354 ft (108 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 903 |
| • Density | 620.9/sq mi (239.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 75833 |
| Area code(s) | 903 |
| FIPS code | 48-13900 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1354216 |
Centerville is a city in Leon County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 892 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Leon County.
Centerville was so named as it is near the geographic center of Leon County. However, it is also coincidentally located nearly midway between Dallas and Houston.
Centerville became the county seat of Leon County in 1850. It was originally built on 200 acres donated by Robert J Townes and D.C. Carrington.
The town established an annual Black-Eyed Pea Festival in 1937.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Centerville has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 903 people, 388 households, and 230 families residing in the city. The population density was 620.9 people per square mile (240.4/km2). There were 464 housing units at an average density of 319.0 per square mile (123.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 75.30% White, 21.82% African American, 0.33% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 1.66% from other races, and 0.66% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.99% of the population.
There were 388 households out of which 25.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.5% were non-families. 38.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 22.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.89.
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