The village developed along the Kennett and Wilmington Pike, which was chartered by the Delaware Legislature in 1811. The road, now known as
Delaware Route 52 or the Kennett Pike, is part of the
Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, a
National Scenic Byway. The village was named Centerville as it lay midway between
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania and Wilmington. A group of fifteen houses, most of the village, was listed as the
Centreville Historic District by the
National Register of Historic Places in 1982. About the same time, three other properties near the village, the
Joseph Chandler House, the
Carpenter-Lippincott House, and
Mt. Airy School No. 27, were separately listed by the NRHP. The
Centre Meeting and Schoolhouse had been listed in 1971. The hamlet of
Fairville, Pennsylvania, about three miles north on Kennett Pike (
Pennsylvania Route 52) developed about the same time as Centerville, and is also listed on the National Register. Centerville's population was 110 in 1890, 110 in 1900, and 210 in 1925. ==Geography==