Place:Centralia, Boone, Missouri, United States

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NameCentralia
TypeCity
Coordinates39.21°N 92.136°W
Located inBoone, Missouri, United States
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Centralia is a city in Audrain and Boone counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 4,027 at the 2010 census.

The Boone County portion of Centralia (by far the majority of the city) is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Audrain County portion is part of the Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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On September 27, 1864, 22 unarmed Union soldiers returning home on leave were pulled from a train in Centralia and executed by Confederate bushwhackers under William T. "Bloody Bill" Anderson. A Union force pursuing the guerrillas was ambushed, and about 150 were killed; some were executed, and some were tortured first. Many of the bodies were mutilated, then stuffed with the remains of rotting cattle bones. The incident came to be known as the Centralia Massacre.

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