Editing Centreville, Alabama

{{Short description|City in and county seat of Bibb County, Alabama}}
{{about|the city in Bibb County|the unincorporated community in Conecuh County|Centerville, Alabama}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Centreville
|settlement_type          = City
|image_skyline            = Bibb County, Alabama courthouse.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = [[Bibb County Courthouse (Alabama)|Bibb County Courthouse]] in Centreville
|image_seal               = 
|image_blank_emblem       = Logo of Centerville, Alabama.png
|blank_emblem_type        = Logo
|image_map                = File:Bibb County Alabama Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Centreville Highlighted 0113672.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of Centreville in Bibb County, Alabama.
|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_type1        = State
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Alabama]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Bibb County, Alabama|Bibb]]
<!-- established -->
| established_title1      = Founded
| established_date1       = 1823
| established_title2      = Incorporated
| established_date2       = 1832
| founder                 = Sarah Willis Chotard
| named_for               = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = Mayor 
|leader_name              = Mike Oakley
|established_date         = 
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_sq_mi         = 9.60
|area_land_sq_mi          = 9.45
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.15
|elevation_ft             = 253
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 2800
|population_metro         = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 296.26
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|coordinates              = {{coord|32|57|0|N|87|8|4|W|region:US-AL|display=inline}}
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 35042
|area_code                = [[Area codes 205 and 659|205, 659]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 01-13672
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0159359
|footnotes                = 
|website                  = {{URL|https://cityofcentreville.com/}}
|pop_est_as_of = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|population_est = 
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 24.86
|area_land_km2 = 24.48
|area_water_km2 = 0.38
|population_density_km2 = 114.39
}}

'''Centreville''' is a city and the [[county seat]] of [[Bibb County, Alabama]], United States. At the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 2,800.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Centreville has a total area of {{convert|24.9|sqkm|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|24.5|sqkm|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.4|sqkm|order=flip}}, or 1.52%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0113672| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212162822/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US0113672| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Centreville city, Alabama| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=September 16, 2013}}</ref> The city is bordered to the west by the city of [[Brent, Alabama|Brent]] by the [[Cahaba River]].

The city is located in the central part of the state along [[U.S. Route 82 in Alabama|U.S. Route 82]], which runs from southeast to northwest to the north of the city, leading southeast {{convert|70|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]], the state capital, and northwest {{convert|35|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]]. Alabama State Routes [[Alabama State Route 25|25]] and [[Alabama State Route 219|219]] both run through the center of the city from south to north. AL-25 leads northeast {{convert|21|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Montevallo, Alabama|Montevallo]] and southwest {{convert|38|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Greensboro, Alabama|Greensboro]]. AL-219 leads north {{convert|7|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Alabama State Route 5]] north of Brent and south {{convert|42|mi|km|abbr=on}} to [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]].

===Climate===
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Centreville has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated ''Cfa'' on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=125111&cityname=Centreville%2C+Alabama%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Centreville, Alabama]</ref>

Centreville is the site of the highest recorded temperature in the state of Alabama, when on September 6, 1925, the temperature reached {{convert|112|°F|1|disp=or}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/scec/records|title=State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) {{!}} Extremes {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)|last=Enloe|website=www.ncdc.noaa.gov|access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref> The data below are for the years 1916 to 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?al1520|title=CENTREVILLE, ALABAMA - Climate Summary|website=wrcc.dri.edu|access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Centreville, Alabama, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1917–2014
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 82
|Feb record high F = 86
|Mar record high F = 91
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 98
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 112
|Oct record high F = 101
|Nov record high F = 93
|Dec record high F = 82

|Jan avg record high F = 72.7
|Feb avg record high F = 76.8
|Mar avg record high F = 82.8
|Apr avg record high F = 86.0
|May avg record high F = 90.6
|Jun avg record high F = 95.0
|Jul avg record high F = 96.6
|Aug avg record high F = 96.3
|Sep avg record high F = 93.6
|Oct avg record high F = 87.1
|Nov avg record high F = 80.2
|Dec avg record high F = 73.9
|year avg record high F = 98.3

|Jan high F = 55.3
|Feb high F = 59.4
|Mar high F = 67.8
|Apr high F = 75.0
|May high F = 82.2
|Jun high F = 88.1
|Jul high F = 90.7
|Aug high F = 90.4
|Sep high F = 85.7
|Oct high F = 76.2
|Nov high F = 65.3
|Dec high F = 57.2
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 43.5
|Feb mean F = 47.2
|Mar mean F = 53.8
|Apr mean F = 60.9
|May mean F = 69.0
|Jun mean F = 76.2
|Jul mean F = 79.3
|Aug mean F = 78.8
|Sep mean F = 73.5
|Oct mean F = 62.9
|Nov mean F = 51.8
|Dec mean F = 45.6
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 31.7
|Feb low F = 34.9
|Mar low F = 39.9
|Apr low F = 46.7
|May low F = 55.8
|Jun low F = 64.3
|Jul low F = 67.9
|Aug low F = 67.3
|Sep low F = 61.4
|Oct low F = 49.7
|Nov low F = 38.2
|Dec low F = 34.0
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 15.6
|Feb avg record low F = 19.5
|Mar avg record low F = 25.3
|Apr avg record low F = 32.9
|May avg record low F = 44.2
|Jun avg record low F = 56.0
|Jul avg record low F = 63.1
|Aug avg record low F = 62.0
|Sep avg record low F = 47.9
|Oct avg record low F = 34.4
|Nov avg record low F = 26.0
|Dec avg record low F = 18.4
|year avg record low F = 11.7

|Jan record low F = -6
|Feb record low F = 5
|Mar record low F = 13
|Apr record low F = 26
|May record low F = 33
|Jun record low F = 40
|Jul record low F = 53
|Aug record low F = 51
|Sep record low F = 33
|Oct record low F = 23
|Nov record low F = 10
|Dec record low F = 1

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 5.33
|Feb precipitation inch = 5.85
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.56
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.74
|May precipitation inch = 3.69
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.56
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.39
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.98
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.50
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.26
|Nov precipitation inch = 4.78
|Dec precipitation inch = 5.37
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 9.8
|Feb precipitation days = 10.1
|Mar precipitation days = 9.3
|Apr precipitation days = 8.3
|May precipitation days = 8.2
|Jun precipitation days = 10.1
|Jul precipitation days = 11.0
|Aug precipitation days = 10.4
|Sep precipitation days = 7.1
|Oct precipitation days = 6.4
|Nov precipitation days = 8.1
|Dec precipitation days = 9.8

|Jan snow inch = 0.1
|Feb snow inch = 0.0
|Mar snow inch = 0.5
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.1
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.0
|Feb snow days = 0.0
|Mar snow days = 0.1
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.0

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USW00003881&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Centreville 6 SW, AL
|access-date = March 3, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = XMACIS2 (mean maxima/minima 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = XMACIS2>
{{cite web
|url = https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = xmACIS2
|access-date = March 3, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 239
|1900= 422
|1910= 730
|1920= 793
|1930= 791
|1940= 893
|1950= 1160
|1960= 1981
|1970= 2233
|1980= 2504
|1990= 2508
|2000= 2466
|2010= 2778
|2020= 2800
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref><br />2013 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2014}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Centreville racial composition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US0113672&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=December 11, 2021|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|1,931
|68.96%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|685
|24.46%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|9
|0.32%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|3
|0.11%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|65
|2.32%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|107
|3.82%
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 2,800 people, 947 households, and 599 families residing in the city.

===2010 census===
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 8, 2015 |title=U.S. Census website  }}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,778 people, 1,066 households, and 729 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|294|PD/sqmi}}. There were 1,178 housing units at an average density of {{convert|122|/sqmi}}. The racial makeup of the city was 72.2% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 23.7% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 2.4% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.1% from two or more races. 3.0% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 1,066 households, of which 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were married couples living together, 15.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.6% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.07

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.8% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,642, and the median income for a family was $58,000. Males had a median income of $37,614 versus $17,088 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,172. About 13.5% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 1.1% of those age 65 or over.

==History==
The [[Cahaba River]] falls near Centreville, which made the town a strategic location for transportation through the region. The first post office in Bibb County was established in Centreville in 1821. Sarah Willis Chotard obtained a patent for land in this area in 1823 and began moving squatters off the land and laid out a plot for the new town of Centreville.<ref name=Ellison>{{Cite book | last = Ellison | first = Rhonda C. | title = Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years | publisher = University of Alabama Press | year = 1999| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=JIAwwhPbpeYC&q=centreville+alabama| isbn =0-8173-0987-X }}</ref>

In 1829, Centreville became the permanent seat for Bibb County after several years of debate and different locations of the county courthouse, and the town was incorporated in 1832.<ref name=Ellison/> Centreville's [[Centreville Historic District (Centreville, Alabama)|historic district]] is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

On May 27, 1973, [[1973 Central Alabama tornado|a violent tornado]] struck the city, causing major damage across the area.

On [[Tornado outbreak of March 24–26, 2021|March 25, 2021]], a violent tornado hit the southern and eastern portions of Centreville, causing significant damage to the area and rendering the [[Bibb County Airport]] a total loss.

===1910 lynching===
{{more citations needed section|date=June 2017}}
In 1910, a white woman by the name of Mrs. Crow gave birth to a child of "doubtful color", who was thought by many to be the product of a relationship between Crow and an African American, and she was accused of having such a relationship. At first she vigorously denied it, but then – under intense peer pressure – she confessed to the baby's origin but claimed that she had been raped. When asked if she knew who raped her, Crow gave them the name of Grant Richardson, an African American who lived near the Braehead Slope Mine Camp, northeast of Centreville. The miners and other local residents were so incensed at the affair that they decided to apply "[[Lynching|summary vengeance]]" to Richardson as soon as they knew that the sheriff had apprehended him.

Deputy Sheriff Cam Riley apprehended Richardson on October 12, 1910, and was returning him to the jail at Centreville for processing and trial, but was waylaid by a lynch mob. The mob took Richardson from Riley and shot the suspect. Chief Deputy Sheriff Charles Oakley investigated the scene as soon as word of the incident reached him, but other than the body, the shells, and the blood, there was little usable evidence to be found, much less witnesses. A coroner's inquest was held as soon as a special coroner was appointed, but there is no known result of that inquest. This was the first recorded lynching to take place in Bibb County.

It is unknown whether charges of either filing false charges resulting in a murder or [[miscegenation]] were filed against Crow, but it is known by those aware of Richardson that he had lived in the area for a number of years with a fair reputation prior to the incident.<ref>{{Cite news| title=Angry Miners Lynch Negro| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0km_frJZALIC&q=Angry+Miners+Lynch+Negro&pg=PA72|newspaper=[[Montgomery Advertiser]]|date=October 13, 1910|isbn = 9780933121188|access-date=July 23, 2011|last1 = Ginzburg|first1 = Ralph}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Lynch Negro for Assaulting Woman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 13, 1910| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/10/13/105095206.pdf|access-date=July 23, 2011}}</ref>

==Education==
{{unreferenced section|date=June 2017}}
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.

==Media==
* [[WBIB (AM)|WBIB]] 1110 AM (Southern Gospel)
* [[The Bibb Voice]] BibbVoice.com (Online News Publication)
* [[Centreville Press]] (Local News Paper)

==Notable people==
* [[Henry Damon Davidson]], educator and church elder
* [[Matt Downs]], former Major League Baseball player, current [[Marion Military Institute]] baseball coach
* [[Franklin Potts Glass Sr.]], newspaper publisher and [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator-designate]]<ref>''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</ref>
* [[Henry James (basketball)|Henry James]], former NBA player<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JAMESHE01 |title=Henry James Past Stats, Playoff Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards |access-date=January 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304071245/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=JAMESHE01 |archive-date=March 4, 2006 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* [[Ben Jones (offensive lineman)|Ben Jones]], [[offensive lineman]] for the [[Tennessee Titans]]
* [[Zac Stacy]], former [[Vanderbilt University]] football player and running back for the [[New York Jets]]
* [[Fresco Thompson]], [[major league baseball]] player and executive<ref name="The Baseball Encyclopedia">{{cite book |editor= Reichler, Joseph L. |title= The Baseball Encyclopedia |orig-year= 1969 |edition= 4th |year= 1979 |publisher= Macmillan Publishing |location= New York |isbn= 0-02-578970-8 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/baseballencyclop00reic }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=JIAwwhPbpeYC&dq=bloody+bibb&pg=PA185 ''Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years''], by Rhoda C. Ellison
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=MCykWtQFQIQC&pg=PP1 "Bibb County"], by Vicky Clemmons, David Daniel, Centreville Historic Preservation Commission
* ''Bloody Bibb'', by Verrell Donald Elam. Elam Enterprises, 1985. 192 pages

==External links==
{{Portal|United States}}
* [https://cityofcentreville.com/ City of Centreville official website]
* [http://www.bibbed.org/ Bibb County Public School District]
* [https://sites.google.com/a/bibbcountychoctaws.com/bchs/ Bibb County High School]
* [http://www.bibbchamber.org/ Bibb County Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.cahawbachristianacademy.com/ Cahawba Christian Academy]
* [http://www.bibbvoice.com/ The Bibb Voice]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20091202065700/http://www.wbibradio.net/ WBIB Radio]}}

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