Centerville was a mining community named from its location in the center of the Boise Basin.[2] A post office was established as Centreville in 1864, the spelling was changed to Centerville in 1893, and the post office closed in 1952.[3] An early variant name was "Hogum".[4]
centerville, idaho, centerville, unincorporated, community, boise, county, state, idaho, history, editcenterville, mining, community, named, from, location, center, boise, basin, post, office, established, centreville, 1864, spelling, changed, centerville, 189. Centerville is an unincorporated community in Boise County in the U S state of Idaho 1 History editCenterville was a mining community named from its location in the center of the Boise Basin 2 A post office was established as Centreville in 1864 the spelling was changed to Centerville in 1893 and the post office closed in 1952 3 An early variant name was Hogum 4 Centerville s population was 217 in 1909 5 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Centerville Idaho Co W W Elliott amp 1884 History of Idaho territory showing its resources and advantages Ye Galleon Press p 209 Boise County Jim Forte Postal History Retrieved February 24 2015 Rees John E 1918 Idaho Chronology Nomenclature Bibliography W B Conkey Company p 63 Davis Ellis A 1909 Davis New Commercial Encyclopedia Washington Oregon and Idaho the Pacific Northwest Ellis A Davis p 189 43 54 46 N 115 53 32 W 43 91278 N 115 89222 W 43 91278 115 89222 nbsp This Boise County Idaho state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Centerville Idaho amp oldid 1166693673, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
