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Historical Photographs of Centerton from the Willard, Ohio Area

[Centerton is a small village about 2 miles northwest of Willard]

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The Blacksmith Shop in Centerton, about 1910.  The 1st line of the sign on the building says: "Horse Shoeing."  The second line says "General Repairing."

One room schoolhouse class in Centerton in 1917.  The schoolhouse still exists but has been moved to the backyard of a house as a garage/outbuilding.  If you click on the picture, you will also find the people identified.

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Centerton grain elevator, about 1906 when it was being built.

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In this 1873 map, Centerton was a busy settlement with a good sized depot, a Post Office, and several businesses.

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Gage's Centerton General Store with dance hall on the second floor.  This building burned down before World War I.

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Centerton Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1863.  The cemetery still exists, but the church building does not.

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