Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Centerville, OH

Centerville is a city in Montgomery County (with a portion in Greene County), Ohio, and a core suburb of the Dayton metropolitan area.

Centerville was first surveyed in February 1796 by Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Archer, and Benjamin Robbins, three brothers-in-law from New Jersey who claimed land near today's Main and Franklin Streets after the Treaty of Greenville opened the Northwest Territory to settlement.

Centerville was not incorporated as a municipality until 1968, more than 170 years after its founding.

Centerville had a population of 24,240 at the 2020 census, with about 11,829 households and an owner-occupied housing rate of about 67%, according to Census Bureau QuickFacts.

Centerville is famous for its early stone architecture: at one point in the 19th century nearly 100 stone buildings stood along its streets and homesteads, built from the region's abundant limestone, and many survive today in the Centerville Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The village historically sat at the highest point on the Dayton and Lebanon turnpike, on the divide between the two Miami rivers, and its extensive stone quarries shipped building stone across the region.

Centerville has a median household income of about $81,500 and a median owner-occupied home value of about $287,200, both above state and national averages.

Miami Valley Hospital South, employing roughly 1,820 people, is Centerville's largest employer, followed by the Centerville City School District with about 1,640 employees.

The Golf Club at Yankee Trace, a public golf course owned by the city, is one of Centerville's best-known recreational landmarks.

Centerville hosts the Americana Festival every July, one of the Dayton area's largest Fourth of July celebrations.