Historical Marker
Site of Centerville
Historical marker location:
Eustace, Texas
( on CR 2927, just south of FM 334 and about 2 mi. west of SH 198, 6 mi. NW of Eustace)
Marker installed: 1973
Replaced Buffalo as county seat, 1848. Due to central location in county; on land donated by James Harper Starr (1809-90), Texas statesman. Clerk's records were kept in a log cabin courthouse. When county was reduced in area, 1850, county seat was moved to Athens, and Centerville died.