Centerville
Centerville, also known as Centreville, is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Centerville 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: community in Delaware, United States
- Also known as: “Centerville, Delaware”, “Centreville”, “Centreville, DE”, and “Centreville, Delaware”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Centreville Historic District and Mt. Airy School No. 27.
Centreville Historic District
Protected area
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Centreville Historic District is a national historic district located at Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 15 contributing buildings and were built between 1820 and 1920.
Mt. Airy School No. 27
Historic site
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Mt. Airy No. 27 School is a historic one-room school built in 1863 in Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware. It was designed and built as a one-room, one-teacher school, and operated as such from 1863 to 1932.
Joseph Chandler House
House
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The Joseph Chandler House, built c. 1800, is the oldest house in Centreville, New Castle County, Delaware. Centreville developed along the Kennett Pike starting about 1811, with its houses facing toward the pike.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guyencourt and Granogue.
Guyencourt
Hamlet
Guyencourt is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Guyencourt is located at the intersection of Delaware Route 100 and Guyencourt Road, north of Wilmington and south of the Pennsylvania border. Guyencourt is situated 1½ miles east of Centerville.
Granogue
Hamlet
Granogue is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Granogue is located along Smiths Bridge Road, west of the Brandywine Creek and south of the Pennsylvania border. Granogue is situated 2 miles northeast of Centerville.
Winterthur
Hamlet
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Winterthur houses one of the richest collections of Americana in the United States. Winterthur is situated 2 miles southeast of Centerville.
Centerville
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.82163° or 39° 49′ 18″ northLongitude
-75.61659° or 75° 36′ 60″ westElevation
436 feet (133 metres)Open location code
87F6R9CM+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 158334186OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Centerville” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “森特維爾”
- French: “Centreville”
- Irish: “Centreville”
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