Centerville California Map

About Centerville, California

Centerville is a locality in Shasta County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,095. The population density is 100.3 people per km². Centerville is located at 40.5429°N, 122.4645°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 93657, 95928, 96001.

Centerville anchors itself upon a landscape where the golden grasses of late summer surrender to the encroaching shadows of the Cascade Range, visible as a jagged, violet spine against the horizon. It lies 6.8 miles southwest of Redding, CA (from Redding, CA: bearing 226°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west-southwest of Enterprise. Flat Creek carves a deliberate path through the earth here, its seasonal currents providing a vital artery for the surrounding oak savanna that defines the local topography. A mile to the west, the surface of Reese Reservoir acts as a polished mirror for the shifting clouds, while the nearby Clear Creek offers a quiet, protected corridor of riparian growth that persists even as the sun bleaches the open plains into shades of tawny ochre. The air carries a dry, parched clarity, holding the heat of the afternoon long after the light has begun to slant across the ground in thin, honey-colored ribbons.

Centerville draws its resilience from a legacy of land cultivation and the slow, methodical labor of those who have historically worked the silt-heavy soil of Stony Gulch. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythms of this interior terrain, where the proximity to the timber resources of the Ellen Pickett State Forest has long dictated the quiet industry of the region. Life in Centerville moves with the measured pace of the seasons, characterized by the hum of machinery in the fields and the stillness that descends when the wind dies down. People here have grown accustomed to the subtle, seismic restlessness of the earth beneath them, a constant reminder of the volatile geology that shaped these plains long before the first homesteads were established.

About This Centerville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Centerville, California. Coordinates: 40.542902, -122.464505. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Centerville includes the ZIP code (93657, 95928, 96001), telephone area code (530), county seat of Shasta County (Redding), and school district assignment (Shasta Union High School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.