Centreville, Alabama
Appearance
Centreville | |
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City | |
Bibb County Courthouse in Centreville | |
Location of Centreville in Bibb County, Alabama. | |
Coordinates: 32°57′0″N 87°8′4″W / 32.95000°N 87.13444°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Alabama |
County | Bibb |
Founded | 1823 |
Incorporated | 1832 |
Founded by | Sarah Willis Chotard |
Area | |
• Total | 9.60 sq mi (24.86 km2) |
• Land | 9.45 sq mi (24.48 km2) |
• Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2) |
Elevation | 253 ft (77 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,800 |
• Density | 296.26/sq mi (114.39/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 35042 |
Area code(s) | 205, 659 |
FIPS code | 01-13672 |
GNIS feature ID | 0159359 |
Website | cityofcentreville |
Centreville is a city in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 2,800.[2] The city is the county seat of Bibb County.
Geography
[change | change source]According to the U.S. Census Bureau,[3] Centreville has a total area of 9.7 square miles (25 km2). 9.5 square miles (25 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (1.75%) is water.
Education
[change | change source]Centreville is served by the Bibb County Public School District. Schools in Centreville include Bibb County High School (grades 9 through 12) and Centreville Middle School (grades 5 through 8).
Cahawba Christian Academy is a private school serving grades pre-K to 12.
Notable residents
[change | change source]- Franklin Potts Glass, Sr. (1858–1934) newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator-designate[4]
- Fresco Thompson (1902–1968)—major league baseball player[5] and executive
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Centreville city, Alabama". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
- ↑ "Geographic Comparison Table- Alabama". American Fact Finder. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ↑ 'History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biographies,' Thomas McAdry Owen and Maria Bankhead Owen, S.J. Clements Publishing Company: 1921, biographical sketch of Franklin Potts Glass, Sr., pg. 663
- ↑ Reichler, Joseph L., ed. (1979) [1969]. The Baseball Encyclopedia (4th ed.). New York: Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-578970-8.