Editing Centertown, Missouri (section)

==History==
Centertown was [[plat]]ted in 1867.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cole.html |title=Cole County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived) |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri |accessdate=September 22, 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071207/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_cole.html |archivedate=June 24, 2016 }}</ref> The village was named from its location near Missouri's [[geographic center]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ | title=How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri | author=Eaton, David Wolfe | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_RfAuAAAAYAAJ/page/n47 279]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Centertown since 1867.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |title=Post Offices |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=September 22, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306175959/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?state=MO |archivedate=March 6, 2016 }}</ref>

The [[Garnett Farm Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2016.<ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20160610.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=June 10, 2016|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/30/16 through 6/03/16 |publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>