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Centerville, Iowa. Centerville is a city in and the county seat of Appanoose County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5,528 in the 2010 census, a decline from 5,924 in 2000. After the turn of the 20th century Centerville had a booming coal mining industry that attracted many European immigrants.
Centerville Municipal Building, the seat of government for the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.85 square miles (28.10 km 2), of which 10.78 square miles (27.92 km 2) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2) is water. Centerville and Washington Township voted November 4, 2008 on whether to create a merger commission.