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.

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

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

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

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