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Centerville, Louisiana

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Locally known as Centerville, although the post office was named Springville, this community served as parish seat from 1881 to 1941 and was the site of the first electrocution in the state in 1941. Van Buren, the first parish seat from 1832 to 1835, was on the east bank.
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