Centerville Street, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue



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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

CENTERVILLE STREET, La. Hwy. 1032, runs eastward from its intersection with

Old River Road or Main Street by the First Baptist Church of Denham Springs

to an intersection with US Hwy. 190 near the eastern city limits.

     When Denham Springs was developing, the business district was located

north of the Baptist Church and what is now the federal highway had not

been laid out.  The Centerville Road, running from the Baptist church east-

ward, was the main road leading to the courthouse at Centerville as far as

local residents were concerned.  Centerville was the site of the courthouse

from 1881 to 1942. --- James Earl Minton

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