Centerville
City · Montgomery County · 24,240 residents · 2.25% municipal income tax
Local events in Centerville
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Notable people from Centerville
Ohioans tied to this place, each with a sourced profile. All notable Ohioans
How Centerville began
Centerville was surveyed in February 1796 by three brothers-in-law from New Jersey, Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Archer, and Benjamin Robbins, and named by Robbins for his hometown of Centreville, New Jersey, citing the new settlement's position between two rivers and near several other communities. The state recognized it in 1803, it was platted in 1805, and it incorporated as a town in 1830, becoming a city on December 2, 1968. Its abundant local limestone gave it what is now the largest surviving collection of early stone houses in Ohio, concentrated around the historic Franklin and Main streets crossroads known as the Four Corners. Today Centerville is a Dayton-area suburb in Washington Township whose historic Uptown district of stone buildings and brick sidewalks is preserved under a city architectural preservation ordinance dating to 1972.
Settled 1796, platted 1805, incorporated 1830 (town); December 2, 1968 (city), by Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Archer, and Benjamin Robbins, surveyors from New Jersey.
Where the name comes from
Benjamin Robbins named the settlement Centreville after his hometown of Centreville, New Jersey, citing its location between two rivers and its proximity to several other communities. The U.S. Post Office changed the spelling from 'Centreville' to 'Centerville' in 1900.
Before the town
No mound, earthwork, village, or trail specific to the Centerville/Washington Township site is turned up in the sources checked (Wikipedia's Centerville article, Ohio History Central searches, and the Centerville-Washington History society's site). The land here fell within territory ceded by the Treaty of Greenville (1795), which is what opened it to the New Jersey surveying party that platted Centerville the following year, but no known source names a specific Native settlement, trail, or burial site within the city's boundaries. Broader Adena and Hopewell mound-building activity is well documented elsewhere in the Miami Valley and Montgomery County.
Timeline
- — Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Archer, and Benjamin Robbins, brothers-in-law from New Jersey, survey the future site of Centerville.
- — Benjamin Robbins's family arrives from Dry Ridge, Kentucky on April 6 to settle the site; Dr. John Hole, who had arrived in the region in 1796, also settles nearby along the creek later named for him.
- — Peter Sunderland, son of an early Ohio settler, marries Nancy Robbins, daughter of co-founder Benjamin Robbins, on October 15 in the first wedding ceremony performed in Washington Township.
- — Centerville is officially recognized by the State of Ohio.
- — Aaron Nutt plats the block at the future Four Corners of Franklin and Main streets; the two-story stone house later known as the Asahel Wright House is built here around this time.
- — Asahel Wright, great-uncle of Orville and Wilbur Wright, buys the already-standing stone house at the Four Corners on August 16; it is his name the house carries today.
- — Centerville incorporates as a town.
- — The U.S. Post Office changes the town's official spelling from 'Centreville' to 'Centerville.'
- — Erma Bombeck and her husband build the house at 162 Cushwa Drive, where she writes many of the early columns that made her a nationally syndicated humorist; the family lives there until 1971, when they move to Paradise Valley, Arizona.
- — Centerville incorporates as a city on December 2.
- — The City of Centerville passes an ordinance creating an Architectural Preservation District to protect the historic stone-building core around the Four Corners.
- — The Erma Bombeck House at 162 Cushwa Drive is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Stories
A hidden room under the Sunderland farmhouse
In the late 1820s the Peter Sunderland family, whose farm sat on what is now East Alex-Bell Road, sheltered a runaway enslaved man who worked for them until his Kentucky owner learned of his whereabouts from a suitor courting one of the Sunderland daughters. The story survived only as local memory until decades later, when the old Sunderland house was being demolished and family members found a door hidden behind a cellar cabinet. It opened into a plastered, muraled room about twelve by fourteen feet under the front porch, with a dirt floor and a brick-lined tunnel leading to a second hidden room under the front lawn. Peter Sunderland had married Nancy Robbins, daughter of Centerville co-founder Benjamin Robbins, in the township's first recorded wedding in 1799. Local tradition holds that Centerville and Washington Township had at least four such Underground Railroad safe houses in the antebellum years, of which the Sunderland farm is the best documented.
The Wright family's stone house at the Four Corners
When Aaron Nutt platted the block at the intersection of Franklin and Main streets around 1805, a two-story stone house went up that was among the first permanent buildings in the new settlement, raised from the Dayton Formation limestone that would come to define Centerville's built landscape. The house took its name not from its builder but from Asahel Wright, who bought the already decade-old building on August 16, 1816. Wright's younger brother, Dan Wright Jr., was the grandfather of Orville and Wilbur Wright, making the Four Corners stone house a property once held by the aviation pioneers' great-uncle. The building survives today as the Asahel Wright House Museum, restored in 1999 through a partnership of the local historical society, the city's arts commission, and the Landmarks Foundation of Centerville-Washington Township.
A humorist's ranch house becomes a landmark
Erma Bombeck and her husband built a modest ranch house at 162 Cushwa Drive in 1959, one of a row of nearly identical postwar homes in a Centerville subdivision. It was here, chronicling the ordinary frustrations of Midwestern suburban housewifery, that Bombeck wrote many of the columns that grew into a newspaper syndication reaching millions of readers, a shelf of books, and regular appearances on Good Morning America. The Bombecks left Cushwa Drive for Paradise Valley, Arizona, in 1971, but the house remained a private residence until the Landmarks Foundation of Centerville-Washington Township pursued and won it a listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015, citing both the house's integrity and the character of its unusually intact ranch-house streetscape.
Photographs
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Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · centervillewashingtonhistory.org · centervillewashingtonhistory.org · centervillewashingtonhistory.org · centervilleohio.gov · landmarksfoundationcwt.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Historic places
1 place in Centerville on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Bombeck, Erma, HouseBuilding · Centerville · listed 2015
- Address
- 162 Cushwa Dr.
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County · ZIP 45459
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 2015
- NRIS reference number
- 15000043
- Coordinates
- 39.64043, -84.15221
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Mad River Well Field wells along the Mad River east of Dayton, refilled by river water let into recharge lagoons The water here
- Montgomery County Water Services 198% of residentsGreat Miami Buried Valley Aquifer wells (recharged by Great Miami & Mad Rivers)
- Greene County - northwest Reg Water2% of residentsLittle Miami River Buried Valley Aquifer (2 wellfields, Beavercreek area)
- Bellbrook Water Works0% of residentsMiami Valley Buried Valley Aquifer (city wells)
- Greene County - Clyo0% of residentsGreat Miami Buried Valley Aquifer wells (recharged by Great Miami & Mad Rivers)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Centerville's boundary: 1 hospital, 1 nursing home, 2 fire and EMS stations, 1 college, 6 public schools, 2 private schools, 2 libraries, 2 museums, 1 police station, 11 public charging sites, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 8 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Hospitals (1)
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Miami Valley Hospital SouthGeneral hospital · Centerville
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 2400 Miami Valley Drive, Centerville, OH 45459
- County
- Montgomery County
- Beds
- 123
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Phone
- (937) 208-3023
Hospital's website ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address.
Nursing homes (1)
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St Leonard Hcc3 of 5 stars · Centerville
- Address
- 8100 Clyo Road, Centerville, OH 45458
- Certified beds
- 150
- Residents on an average day
- 125
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 2 fines totalling $89,700, 2 payment denials (latest 2024-07-18)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- COMMONSPIRIT HEALTH
- Continuing care retirement community
- Yes
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (937) 436-6340
- Medicare ID
- 365714
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (2)
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Washington Township Fire Department Station 41Centerville
- Address
- 163 Maple Avenue, Centerville, OH 45459
- Coordinates
- 39.63220, -84.15649
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Washington Township Fire Department Station 44Centerville
- Address
- 6690 Centerville Business Parkway, Centerville, OH 45459
- Coordinates
- 39.64897, -84.13612
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Colleges (1)
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Fortis College-CentervilleFor-profit two-year college · Centerville
- What it is
- For-profit two-year college
- City
- Centerville
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 683
- Tuition and fees, in state
- $14,023
- Graduation rate
- 42% within three years (a class of 105)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 205179
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.
Public schools (6)
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Centerville High School5 of 5 stars · Centerville
- Address
- 500 E Franklin St, Centerville, OH 45459
- School district
- Centerville City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 2,792
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 139
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 91%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 97.4%
- Ohio building IRN
- 005322
- NCES school ID
- 390437300267
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Centerville Primary Village North5 of 5 stars · Centerville
- Address
- 6450 Marshall Rd, Centerville, OH 45459
- School district
- Centerville City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 602
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 27
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Ohio building IRN
- 061218
- NCES school ID
- 390437304422
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Magsig Middle School4 of 5 stars · Centerville
- Address
- 192 W Franklin St, Centerville, OH 45459
- School district
- Centerville City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 570
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 37
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 83%
- Ohio building IRN
- 070060
- NCES school ID
- 390437300272
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Stingley Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Centerville
- Address
- 95 Linden Dr, Centerville, OH 45459
- School district
- Centerville City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 299
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 16.5
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 84.7%
- Ohio building IRN
- 036145
- NCES school ID
- 390437300274
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Tower Heights Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Centerville
- Address
- 195 N Johanna Dr, Centerville, OH 45459
- School district
- Centerville City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 558
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 33.3
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 89.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 037416
- NCES school ID
- 390437300275
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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W O Cline Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Centerville
- Address
- 99 Virginia Ave, Centerville, OH 45458
- School district
- Centerville City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 472
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 26
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 86.9%
- Ohio building IRN
- 068379
- NCES school ID
- 390437300277
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (2)
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Alexandria Montessori SchoolPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Centerville
- Address
- 175 E Franklin St, Centerville, OH 45459
- Kind
- nonsectarian, special program
- Students, 2023-24
- 9
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 3
- Students per teacher
- 3
- Phone
- (937) 435-5392
- NCES private school ID
- A1771360
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Primrose School of CentervillePrivate, nonsectarian · Centerville
- Address
- 2550 E Alex Bell Rd, Centerville, OH 45459
- Kind
- nonsectarian
- Students, 2023-24
- 13
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 1
- Students per teacher
- 13
- Phone
- (937) 432-6000
- NCES private school ID
- A2102996
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Public libraries (2)
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Washington-Centerville Public LibraryCentral library · Centerville
- Address
- 111 W. Spring Valley Road, Centerville, OH 45458
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Washington-Centerville Public Library
- Open
- 3,224 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 31,600 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 365,872
- System's loans, FY2024
- 1,637,138
- People the system serves
- 59,771
- Phone
- (937) 433-8091
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Woodbourne LibraryBranch · Centerville
- Address
- 6060 Far Hills Ave, Centerville, OH 45459
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Washington-Centerville Public Library
- Open
- 3,432 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 29,858 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 365,872
- System's loans, FY2024
- 1,637,138
- People the system serves
- 59,771
- Phone
- (937) 435-3700
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (2)
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Centerville Building InspectionHistorical society · Centerville
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Centerville
- Coordinates
- 39.62844, -84.16065
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Montgomery County Historical SocietyHistorical society · Dayton
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Dayton
- Coordinates
- 39.62934, -84.15897
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Centerville Police DepartmentCentrevile
- Address
- 155 West Spring Valley Road, Centrevile, OH 45458
- Coordinates
- 39.61435, -84.16457
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (11)
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100 WEST SV MUNI STATION 12 Level 2 · Centerville
- Address
- 100 W Spring Valley Pike, Centerville, OH 45458
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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100 WEST SV STATION 14 Level 2 · Centerville
- Address
- 39 W Franklin St, Centerville, OH 45459
- Ports
- 4 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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ACURA OF DAYTON AD EXPRESS 250 DC fast1 DC fast · Centerville
- Address
- Loop @ Far Hills, Centerville, OH 45459
- Ports
- 1 DC fast
- Plugs
- CCS, CHAdeMO
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Allure4 Level 2 · Centerville
- Address
- 350 Arden Way, Centerville, OH 45459
- Ports
- 4 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- FLO
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-356-8911
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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BETHANY 1 & 2 EV CHARGER 24 Level 2 · Dayton
- Address
- 6430 Inner Mission Way, Dayton, OH 45459
- Ports
- 4 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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City of Centerville - City Hall1 Level 2 · Centerville
- Address
- 100 W Spring Valley Rd, Centerville, OH 45458
- Ports
- 1 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Non-Networked
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Price
- $1.00 per hour
- Phone
- 937-433-7151
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Dogwood Commons2 Level 2 · Centerville
- Address
- 4500 Dogwood Circle East, Centerville, OH 45440
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Blink Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-998-2546
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Miami Valley Hospital South. - Parking Garage Top Deck7 Level 2 · Centerville
- Address
- 2400 Miami Valley Dr, Centerville, OH 45459
- Ports
- 7 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Non-Networked
- Hours
- 24 hours daily; 2 hour charging limit
- Price
- Free
- Phone
- 937-438-2400
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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MVRPC(EV#4)2 Level 2 · Centerville
- Address
- 166 North Main Street, Centerville, OH 45459
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Blink Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-998-2546
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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MVRPC(EV#7)2 Level 2 · Centerville
- Address
- 2100 East Centerville Station Road, Centerville, OH 45458
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Blink Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-998-2546
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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South Point Medical2 Level 2 · Dayton
- Address
- 6601 Centerville Business Pkwy, Dayton, OH 45459
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- SWTCH
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Price
- $1.50 per hour
- Phone
- 844-798-2438
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)
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Dayton Wheel Concepts IncToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
- Address
- 115 Compark Road, Dayton, OH 45459
- County
- Montgomery County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 45459DYTNW115CO
- EPA registry ID
- 110000500226
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (8)
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Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid (Hcl)2025-11-20 · Centerville
- Reported
- 2025-11-20
- What spilled
- Hydrochloric Acid / Muriatic Acid (Hcl)
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2511EPA0001900
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sewage Human2024-03-28 · Centerville
- Reported
- 2024-03-28
- What spilled
- Sewage Human
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2403EPA0000488
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-08-25 · Centerville
- Reported
- 2023-08-25
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 60 gallons
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2308EPA0001479
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material Blue Reached water2022-06-10 · Centerville
- Reported
- 2022-06-10
- What spilled
- Material Blue
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2206EPA0000872
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fertilizer(S) Nos (Not Specified) Reached water2021-05-05 · Centerville
- Reported
- 2021-05-05
- What spilled
- Fertilizer(S) Nos (Not Specified)
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2105EPA0000625
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb Reached water2021-03-28 · Centerville
- Reported
- 2021-03-28
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2103EPA0000417
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material Undetermined / Other2026-05-29 · Centerville
- Reported
- 2026-05-29
- What spilled
- Material Undetermined / Other
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2605EPA0000937
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2026-03-16 · Centerville
- Reported
- 2026-03-16
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Where
- Centerville, Montgomery County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2603EPA0000413
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Centerville, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
Local government
Who holds office in Centerville, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Council Member (this county's part) (unofficial count) | Terry W. Posey 2,663, 32.56%; JoAnne Rau 2,971, 36.32%; Bill Serr 2,546, 31.12% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Health Indicators (the Auditor of State's 17 measures; critical / cautionary / positive): 2020 0 / 3 / 14; 2021 0 / 2 / 15; 2022 0 / 1 / 16; 2023 0 / 3 / 14; 2024 0 / 1 / 16; 2025 1 / 1 / 14.
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2025-10-07
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2024-09-05
The county
Montgomery County: 33 ZIP codes, 27 cities, villages and townships, 531,614 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Centerville, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 0.67 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 50.6 in
- 14.1 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 21.9 in
- a normal year brings 14.9 in
- a normal year
- 43.2 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 0.67 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 6.69 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 10.22 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.45 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 5.76 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 8.02 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 3.88 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 7.78 | 0.7 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 2.63 | 5.5 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.47 | 15.8 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.51 | 10.5 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.55 | 2.6 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 63.8 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1934 — 24.2 in |
| Snowiest year | 1906 — 52.1 in |
| Wettest day on record | 6 October 1910 — 4.99 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 17 February 1910 — 10.18 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 16 January 1982 — 22.13 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 4% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Centerville - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,874 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-28. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Centerville: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 39
- those placed on the map inside Centerville
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 15 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 9 |
| Air pollution | 7 |
| Voluntary cleanup | 3 |
| Brownfield | 1 |
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 1 |
| Public drinking water | 1 |
| Site assessment | 1 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| YANKEE STREET LLC | Air pollution inspection | |
| EAST CENTERVILLE STATION ROAD | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| IRON HORSE TRAIL RESURFACING PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| IRON HORSE TRAIL RESURFACING PROJECT | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| CORNERSTONE SOUTH - PHASE 1 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| JP MORGAN CHASE BANK - SOUTH CENTERVILLE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| CLOUD MEDICAL BUILDING | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| WOODLAND GREENS PHASE 3 & 4 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| RONALD T. DODGE COMPANY | Hazardous waste violation resolved | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| RONALD T. DODGE COMPANY | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| RONALD T. DODGE COMPANY | Hazardous waste notice of violation | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| RICK PRICE BODY SHOP | Brownfield assessment | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| QUARRY LAKES MHP PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| HERITAGE CLEANERS FORMER, DAYTON | Voluntary cleanup inspection |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Centerville, Ohio in?
Centerville is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, with 24,240 residents.
When was Centerville, Ohio founded?
Centerville was settled 1796; laid out 1805; incorporated 1830 (town); December 2, 1968 (city). Founders on record: Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Archer, and Benjamin Robbins, surveyors from New Jersey. Source
How did Centerville, Ohio get its name?
Benjamin Robbins named the settlement Centreville after his hometown of Centreville, New Jersey, citing its location between two rivers and its proximity to several other communities. Source
What ZIP code is Centerville, Ohio?
Centerville is served by ZIP codes 45459, 45458, 45429 and 45440; 45459 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Centerville, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Centerville (Montgomery County Water Services 1): Mad River Well Field wells along the Mad River east of Dayton, refilled by river water let into recharge lagoons.
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