Centerville, Belmont County, Ohio

Centerville is an unincorporated community in Belmont County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History

Centerville was laid out in 1817, and most likely was named from its location near the geographical center of Smith Township.^[1] An old variant name of Centerville was Demos.^[2] A post office called Demos was established in 1837, and remained in operation until 1923.^[3]

References

↑ McKelvey, A. T. (1903). Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens. Biographical Publishing Company. p. 285.
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Centerville, Belmont County, Ohio
↑ "Belmont County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

Municipalities and communities of Belmont County, Ohio, United States

County seat: St. Clairsville

Cities	Martins Ferry St. Clairsville

Villages	Barnesville Bellaire Belmont Bethesda Bridgeport Brookside Fairview‡ Flushing Holloway Morristown Powhatan Point Shadyside Wilson‡ Yorkville‡

Townships	Colerain Flushing Goshen Kirkwood Mead Pease Pultney Richland Smith Somerset Union Warren Washington Wayne Wheeling York

CDPs	Bannock Glencoe Lafferty Lansing Neffs Wolfhurst

Unincorporated communities	Alledonia Anvil Armstrongs Mills Badgertown Barton Blaine Boston Businessburg Captina Centerville Colerain Crescent Dilles Bottom Egypt Fairpoint Farmington Hendrysburg Hunter Jacobsburg Key Lamira Lloydsville Maynard McClainville Pleasant Grove Riverview Sewellsville Somerton Steinersville Stewartsville Tacoma Temperanceville Uniontown Warnock

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 39°58′33″N 80°57′55″W / 39.97583°N 80.96528°W / 39.97583; -80.96528

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