Place:Centralia, Boone, Missouri, United States

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NameCentralia
TypeCity
Coordinates39.21°N 92.136°W
Located inBoone, Missouri, United States
Contained Places
Cemetery
Glendale Memorial Gardens
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Centralia is a city in Boone County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The population was 4,027 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population of 4,244 in 2018. A very small portion of the city lies in Audrain County.

The Boone County portion of Centralia (which forms the majority of the city) is part of the Columbia Metropolitan Statistical Area, while a small part in Audrain County is part of the Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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History

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City Origin

Centralia was laid out in 1857 and was named after its central location on the North Missouri Railroad from St. Louis to Ottumwa, Iowa, and from the fact that it was located near the center of a vast prairie between Mexico and Huntsville, and between Columbia and Paris.

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Civil War

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 decaying cattle bones. The incident came to be known as the Centralia Massacre.

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The A.B. Chance Company

The A.B. Chance Company was founded in 1907 by Albert Bishop Chance. He invented the first practical earth anchor. The company played a vital role in the growth of Centralia. Over the course of nearly 120 years, CHANCE has delivered pole line hardware, switches, cutouts and fuse links in addition to anchors, foundations, hot line tools, fiberglass and rubber products to the world-wide electricity transmission and distribution industry. Acquired by Hubbell in 1994, the CHANCE brand is proudly manufactured in Centralia, Missouri

The company still plays a major role in Centralia's economy with employing 860 people.

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Registered Historic Places

The following Centralia locations have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places:

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