The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Centertown was platted in 1867. The village was named from its location near Missouri's geographic center. A post office has been in operation at Centertown since 1867.
The Garnett Farm Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
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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 Centertown is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Centertown has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Garnett Farm Historic District in Hartsburg, 6.1 miles away.
Centertown and the nearest listed places
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Closest to Centertown
Garnett Farm Historic DistrictHartsburg · Built 18606.1miSamuel E. Hackman BuildingHartsburg · Building7.6miTrinity Lutheran Church Historic DistrictRussellville · District7.7miJoseph and Elizabeth Wallendorf HouseJefferson City · Building8.5miOld California City Hall and Fire StationCalifornia · Building8.5mi
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. Garnett Farm Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Centertown?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Centertown’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.