Official Name: | Center City, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Center City |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mills |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1,408 |
Coordinates: | 31.4706°N -98.4089°W |
Area Code: | 325 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1354189 |
Center City is an unincorporated community in Mills County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 15 in 2003.
William Jenkins, David Morris, and their families settled here in 1864. It was originally named Hughes Store when W.C. Hughes and his wife built a store here in the 1870s. There is also a cemetery in the community.
The Geoff Mack song I've Been Everywhere has a Texas version that mentions Center City in its fourth verse.[1]
Center City is located on U.S. Highway 84 north of Bennett Creek, 8miles east of Goldthwaite in eastern Mills County.[2]
Center City had its own school in 1874 with classes also being held under the old oak tree.[3] Today, the community is served by the Star Independent School District.