CENTERVILLE  , a

city and the county-seat of Appanoose county, Iowa, U.S.A., in the south part of the state, about 90 M . N.W. of Keokuk . Pop . (189o) 3668; (1900) 5256; (1905, state census) 5967 (487 being foreign-born); (191o) 6936 . Centerville is served by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific and the Iowa Central railways . Among the principal buildings are the county court-house and the Federal building, and the city has a public library and a hospital . It is in one of the most productive coal regions of the state; it ships coal, limestone and livestock, has large bottling works, and manufactures iron, brick and tile, machine-shop products, woollen goods, shirts, cigars and flour . The place was platted in 1846, was called Chaldea until 1849, when the present name was adopted, was incorporated as a town in 1855, and in 187o was chartered as a city of the second class . The city limits were extended in 1906—1907 .