Details for Site of Centerville
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5213010348
Data
| Marker Number | 10348 |
| Atlas Number | 5213010348 |
| Marker Title | Site of Centerville |
| Index Entry | Centerville, Site of |
| Address | CR 2927 |
| City | Gun Barrel City |
| County | Henderson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 774435 |
| UTM Northing | 3580487 |
| Subject Codes | counties; settlements; ghost towns |
| Marker Year | 1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Gun Barrel City, 3 mi. E, SW corner of Old Hwy 85 and CR 2927 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 14" x 24" |
| Marker Text | Replaced Buffalo as county seat, 1848, due to central location in county; on land donated by James Harper Starr (1809-90), Texas statesman. Clerk's records were kept in a log cabin courthouse. When county was reduced in area, 1850, county seat was moved to Athens, and Centerville died. (1973) |