AREA HISTORY:  Centreville, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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CENTREVILLE – Page 745

Centreville is a hamlet about two miles south of Airville.  It is familiarly known 
as “The Jack.”  Four hundred acres of the surrounding land were once owned by “Jack” 
Dougherty.  In the year 1849, William C. Colvin bought the property, and built the 
large and commodious hotel.  He conducted the hotel business himself for a number of 
years, and also owned a store.  The store is now kept by Joseph Longenecker and the 
hotel by J. C. Fleming.

“Corner Ketch,” not far distant, has a history which can not all be told, for lack 
of authentic information.  When the Susquehanna Canal was being constructed that 
tavern was the resort of the Irish and other workmen.  It was claimed that the 
proprietor would “catch” all the money they earned, hence the origin of the name.  
There is no hotel now.