Living in Centerville, Ohio
Centerville's parks come with trails. Stubbs Park has paved trails, disc golf, a cricket pitch, a Veterans Memorial Plaza and an amphitheater, and it is one of my favorite spots in town. Bill Yeck Park follows Sugar Creek with hiking trails and the historic Smith House, and Grant Park has trails along Holes Creek and the Grant Nature Center. Uptown, the Four Corners at Main and Franklin is lined with early stone houses. Graeter's on North Main, The Paragon and Doubleday's Grill and Tavern are places I like to eat.
Montgomery County
The calendar is full of traditions. The Americana Festival has filled July 4 since 1972 with a street fair, a parade and a 5K. Sunday concerts at Stubbs Park run through June and July, and in early October Fall Fest brings Oktoberfest to the park. Benham's Grove on North Main, the city's event grounds, hosts events through the year too.
The city income tax in Centerville is 2.25 percent, and property taxes run roughly 2 percent of market value. Housing is a mix: stone and brick houses from the 1800s around the Four Corners, mid-century homes in Black Oak Estates, and Yankee Trace, which is built around its golf course. Normandy Ridge, Forest Ridge, Quail Run and Waterbury Woods are other neighborhoods, and Cornerstone Villas and Hempstead Mews have patio and attached homes. The median sale price in Centerville was $348,000 (three-month median, September 2026). Part of Centerville sits in Greene County.
What is in Centerville
Uptown and the Four Corners
Main and Franklin Streets. The 1806 Asahel Wright House, a two-story stone house built by the great-uncle of Wilbur and Orville, was restored in 1999 and runs as a museum with the Centerville-Washington History group. The city's 1972 Architectural Preservation District ordinance governs the blocks around it, and Martha Boice of the Landmarks Foundation led both that and the 1974 listing. Brick footpaths, a street clock installed in February 2009, and on the corners: Graeter's Ice Cream on North Main, Manna Uptown on West Franklin, Meridien for small plates and Felicity for natural wine and coffee.
Benham's Grove and Town Hall Theatre
On North Main Street. City-owned event grounds on land from founder Aaron Nutt's original farm, bought at auction by the merchant Joseph A. Benham in 1844; the farmhouse dates to about 1885, and the city bought the property in 1991 and opened it in 1992. The Mayor's tree lighting happens here. Up the street, Town Hall Theatre is the 1908 Washington Township Hall, township offices until 1985, now home to a youth theater company run by the township's recreation department.
Stubbs Park
On West Spring Valley Pike: an amphitheater, Veterans Memorial Plaza, paved trails, an inline skating rink, a cricket pitch, disc golf, ponds and open lawn. The Centerville Arts Commission runs the free Summer Concert Series here on Sundays in June and July and Party in the Park on select Fridays; the park was renovated before the 2025 season. Fall Fest with Oktoberfest comes to the park in early October, with local breweries pouring in the evening.
Bill Yeck Park
Along Sugar Creek on the south and east side, with three entrances: Rooks Mill Lane, East Centerville Station Road at the Smith House, and Wilmington-Dayton Road at McGuffey Meadow. Hiking trails including the orange and brown trails and the Tri-centennial Time Trail from 1996, shelters, restrooms, sled hills, a fire circle, an apiary, a native seed nursery, the historic Smith House used for programs and the remains of an 1800s sawmill. It opened in 1968 as Sugar Valley Park and was renamed in 1996 for William S. Yeck.
Grant Park
On Holes Creek on the west side, with entrances at Normandy Ridge Road, McEwen Road (Kennard Nature Nook) and Grant's Trail. Trails through meadow, forest, prairie and wetland, with ridgeline and bottomland routes of varying difficulty, the Grant Nature Center, fire rings at the Chimneys and sled hills. Stubbs, Bill Yeck and Grant are three of the park sites run by the Centerville-Washington Park District.
Washington Township RecPlex and Yankee Trace
The RecPlex on Miamisburg-Centerville Road is township-run: a natatorium with a competition pool, a diving well, corkscrew slides and a zero-entry pool, gyms, an indoor climbing wall and fitness floors; pass fees apply. The Golf Club at Yankee Trace is city-run, designed by Gene Bates and Matt Swanson and opened in 1995.
Cross Pointe and Cornerstone
Cross Pointe Centre sits at the northeast corner of Alex-Bell Road and Far Hills Avenue, with stores and restaurants including Doubleday's Grill & Tavern. Cornerstone of Centerville North, along Wilmington Pike, began in 2014 and finished its last phase in 2026 with large retail anchors and the Cornerstone Villas patio homes inside it; Cornerstone South, across from it, is set aside for restaurants, retail, hotels, offices and an entertainment zone. The Dayton Mall is just west of the line in Miami Township.
Americana Festival
July 4. It started in 1972 as a merchants' street sale and is now a 5K, a street fair the length of Main and an Independence Day parade that draws thousands. Fireworks are the night before, July 3.
Jenna's picks
Festivals at Stubbs Park
Community festivals and events held at Stubbs Park through the year.
Laser Web
Indoor laser tag and an arcade in Centerville.
The Paragon
A supper-club style restaurant in Centerville.
Graeter's Ice Cream
The Centerville location of the Cincinnati-based ice cream maker, at 2 North Main.
Doubleday's Grill & Tavern
A grill and pub at Cross Pointe Centre.
Restaurants open and close; check hours before you go.
The city's own site: City of Centerville.
Homes in Centerville
Centerville real estate comes in four layers you can date by eye. The oldest is the limestone and brick around the Four Corners, 1800s to 1860s, under the 1972 preservation ordinance; original stone houses still come to market.
Then the postwar ranches: the 1950s and 1960s streets that filled in while the township was turning into a city. Black Oak Estates dates to the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s. Normandy Ridge, Forest Ridge, Quail Run, Village South, Waterbury Woods and Washington Trace are other established neighborhoods.
The third layer is 1990s and 2000s: Yankee Trace, the golf-course subdivision around the 1995 course on the south edge toward the township line. The fourth is the 2020s: Cornerstone Villas patio homes inside Cornerstone North, and infill. There's little new detached construction inside the city limits; most new builds with a Centerville address are in Washington Township or across the county line in Sugarcreek Township or Springboro. Condos and attached housing show up too, Hempstead Mews among them.
The 45458 and 45459 ZIPs cover the township as well as the city, and the township has the bigger land area and most of the acreage lots. A search by ZIP returns township homes along with the city's, and the auditor's parcel page tells you which government a house pays taxes to. All current listings.
Property taxes in Centerville
2.04%
Effective property tax rate, tax year 2025, payable 2026
The effective rate for Centerville is about 2.04% of market value for an owner-occupied home.
City income tax
The city income tax is 2.25 percent.
Credits
The owner-occupancy credit requires that you live in the house, so file after closing. The homestead exemption removes a fixed amount of value from the taxable figure for owners 65 and older, owners with a permanent disability and qualifying surviving spouses, subject to an income limit; the Montgomery County Auditor has the current amounts and the form.
The parcel record at the Montgomery County Auditor shows the taxing district and last year's actual bill.
Questions people ask about Centerville
What is the difference between Centerville and Washington Township?
Two governments sharing the 45458 and 45459 ZIPs, the park district and the library. The township is the larger land area. The Montgomery County Auditor's parcel page says which one a house is in.
What is the property tax rate in Centerville, Ohio?
An effective rate of about 2.04% of auditor market value for an owner-occupied home, tax year 2025. The Montgomery County Auditor's parcel record shows the taxing district and last year's actual bill.
What are the stone houses?
Limestone houses from the early 1800s, a collection of early stone houses, centered on the Four Corners at Main and Franklin. The 1806 Asahel Wright House is the one you can tour.
Where are the big parks?
Bill Yeck on Sugar Creek, Grant on Holes Creek and Stubbs with the amphitheater, all run by the Centerville-Washington Park District. The RecPlex has the indoor pools.
What is it like to live in Centerville?
Uptown centers on the Four Corners at Main and Franklin, lined with early stone houses, and Stubbs Park holds free Sunday concerts in June and July. Housing runs from 1800s stone and brick to mid-century streets in Black Oak Estates and the Yankee Trace golf community. To see exactly what an address involves, look it up on the Montgomery County Auditor's site for city or township, last year's bill and year built. Pick an address and I'll pull what the auditor shows for it.
Near Centerville
Kettering
Directly north, also in Montgomery County.
Effective property tax rate 2.19%, tax year 2025
Bellbrook
Southeast of Centerville, in Greene County.
Effective property tax rate 1.97%, tax year 2025
Springboro
Southwest across the Warren County line, with Washington Township between.
Effective property tax rate 1.37%, tax year 2025
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