CENTERVILLE

Population 794

Altitude 353

General

Rolling plains and prairies characterize the topoography of this East Texas area. Seat of Leon County; lumber manufacturing; farm marketing center. Nine-tenths of the farm income is from livestock and poultry.

Attractions

• LEON COUNTY COURTHOUSE - When the Leon County Courthouse burned in 1885, the smoke had scarcely died away before a contract was let to erect a new one. Completed in 1887, the "new" courthouse was built of slate bricks handmade near the site. The courthouse is one of the oldest such buildings in Texas.

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