The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Centerville Township was organized in 1862 as one of Leelanau County's first five townships.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Centerville’s history is told.
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Centerville, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Centerville is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Centerville has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William and Margaret McFarland Core Farm in Bingham, 4.1 miles away.
Centerville and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Centerville. Tap a dot.
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. William and Margaret McFarland Core Farm’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Centerville?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Centerville’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.