Hi - My understanding from something that I read some time ago is that there were, in effect, two "Centerville/Centreville" communities at one time, one of which, the present day Millstadt was referred to as Middlestadt (the approximate German rendition of Centerville, as Centreville is the approximate French rendition of the same name). A mistake was made when the name was registered with some body of the State of Illinois and the name of the community was inadvertently changed to Millstadt. I could be mistaken, but I believe that the ordinance of 1878 was passed in acceptance of this change. Jim Schneider Pat Goranflo wrote: > I've been confused about Centreville and Millstadt having been one and the same. If you go to http://home.swbell.net/bobbiev/M-event.html under "Milestones in the History of Millstadt, IL"...the listing dated September 14, 1878 - Board of Trustees of the Village of Centreville passed an ordinance to change the name of the village to "Village of Millstadt." > > Are there 2 Centrevilles? Pat >