Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  contest(Noun) controversy; debate. 2  contest(Noun) struggle for superiority; combat. 3  contest(Noun) a competition. 4  contest(Verb) to contend. 5  contest(Verb) to call into question; to oppose.
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.
Introduction to Centreville, Illinois. Centreville, Illinois, in St Clair county, is 9 miles E of St. Louis, Missouri. The people of the city are in the Saint Louis metropolitan area. Centrevilleâs population is 5,951. St. Clair became the first county to be established in the state of Illinois in 1790.