Centertown, Missouri
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65023. The Survey maps it on the Russellville quadrangle. 284 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
On record in Centertown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Garnett Farm Historic Districtlisted 2016
Population over time
2 figuresCentertown grew from 278 to 284 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 278 | |
| 2020 | 284 | +6 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1886 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Centertown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Russellville quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Centertown in 2018, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 January 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 177425-02626-01252018-1745 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Centertown: 29 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Weber Mine | Barium-Barite, Zinc | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Reed Diggings | Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Scheplar Pit | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead Zinc | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown-Shale | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Chambers Jack Prospect | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Chambers Lead Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dunlap Diggings | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver Dig | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Dunlap Diggings | Barium-Barite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centertown in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centertown | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees around Centertown. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centertown | - | The County Sheriff reported damage to a mobile home roof due to thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centertown | - | The County Sheriff reported trees down blocking roads in Centertown. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centertown | - | Storm spotters reported trees and power lines down in Centertown. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Centertown | - | County sheriff reported nickel size hail. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centertown | - | Wind gusts to 60 mph were reported. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Centertown | - | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Hail | Centertown | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Centertown | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martins | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Elston | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Marion | 5.6 miles | 20 | |
| Lohman | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Plummer | 6.2 miles | 20 | |
| Apache Flats | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Burlington (historical) | 6.8 miles | 20 | |
| Scott | 7.2 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Centertown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q958869 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 715664. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










