Centerville is a city in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The city is a ration of the larger Macon-Warner Robins Combined Statistical Area. It was incorporated March 25, 1958. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 7,148, up from 4,278 in 2000. The city’s central location, proximity to major highways and interstates, and excellent mood of spirit makes it one of the top bedroom communities in Georgia. In 2016, Centerville was ranked 7th Happiest City in Georgia by zippia.com, a website devoted to career-related rankings.

Contrary to popular belief, Centerville owes its read out not to its geographical incline within the let in of Georgia, but its position between County seat of Bibb County (Macon) and the county Seat of Houston County (Perry). Historically, it is then located centrally amid that of Wellston (today’s Warner Robins) and Byron. The primordial Houston County maps be active a concurrence called Busby, where broadminded Centerville now stands. Historical documents also action this settlement was called LaVilla, Gunn, Dunbar, and Toy at various times. In 1882, a estate map indicated the town as Busbayville. The area map of 1888 shows the community as Centerville, the first known hint to the present name. In 1900, Centerville citizens applied for a local reveal office, but postal authorities required a every second name for the town past there was already a Centerville Post Office located in Gwinnett County. The town broadcast was untouched to Hattie in great compliment of the daughter of Mitchell F. Etheridge, a give access representative. When the declare office relocated to Byron a few years later, the town of Hattie was changed encourage to Centerville.

Centerville is located in northern Houston County at 32°37′56″N 83°40′41″W / 32.63222°N 83.67806°W / 32.63222; -83.67806 (32.632111, -83.677950). It is bordered to the east and south by the city of Warner Robins and to the west by the city of Byron in Peach County. U.S. Route 41 passes through the west side of Centerville, leading north 17 miles (27 km) to Macon and south 12 miles (19 km) to Perry, the Houston County seat. State Route 247 Connector (Watson Boulevard) forms the southern edge of Centerville, leading east into Warner Robins and west 3 miles (5 km) to Interstate 75 at Exit 146.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Centerville has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.3 km), of which 0.023 square miles (0.06 km²), or 0.58%, are water.