Centerville

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Centerville

Total population

3,535

Elevation190 m

Land area29.25 km²

Weather98°F · Sunny

Coordinates35.83°, -87.44°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Centerville is a town in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,489 as of the 2020 Census. It is the county seat and the only incorporated town in Hickman County. It is best known for being the hometown of American comedian Minnie Pearl.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Centerville, TN from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Dicky Wells

American jazz trombonist (1907–1985)

William K. Sebastian

American politician (1812-1865)

Minnie Pearl

American comedian and country singer (1912–1996)

Dan Griner

American baseball player

D

Dennis Stanfill

American businessman

Mary Fields

first African-American female Star Route stagecoach delivery driver the United States

Mike Smithson

American baseball player

David Shepard

American politician

Octavia Zollicoffer Bond

American writer (1846–1941)

G

Guy Stephenson

American football, basketball, and baseball coach

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tennessee

• Lyles
  8.3 mi away
• Bon Aqua Junction
  10 mi away
• Dickson
  16.8 mi away
• Burns
  17.3 mi away
• Hohenwald
  20.1 mi away
• Fairview
  20.5 mi away
• Lobelville
  20.8 mi away
• McEwen
  22.5 mi away
• Charlotte
  25.5 mi away
• Kingston Springs
  25.5 mi away
• Linden
  27.1 mi away
• Pegram
  28.7 mi away

Browse all places in Tennessee →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Centerville

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Wavyrayed Lampmussel

Lampsilis fasciola

Seen 2026-09-12

Ebonyshell

Reginaia ebenus

Seen 2026-09-12

rabbitsfoot

Theliderma cylindrica

Seen 2026-09-12

Deertoe Mussel

Truncilla truncata

Seen 2026-09-12

Purple Wartyback

Cyclonaias tuberculata

Seen 2026-09-12

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Seen 2026-09-11

Red-spotted Purple

Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Seen 2026-09-08

great blue lobelia

Lobelia siphilitica

Seen 2026-09-08

strawberry bush

Euonymus americanus

Seen 2026-09-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).