Centralia

city in Lewis County, Washington, United States
Place city_in_the_united_states Q868700
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Summary

Centralia is a city in the United States[1]. Centralia ranks in the top 7% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (919 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lewis County[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Head of government: Kelly Smith Johnston[5]
  • Postal code: 98531[6]
  • Commons category: Centralia, Washington[7]
  • Located in time zone: Pacific Time Zone[8], UTC−08:00[9], UTC−07:00[10]
  • Local dialing code: 360[11]
  • Inception: January 1, 1852[12]
  • Official website: https://cityofcentralia.com[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Centralia, Washington[14]
  • Population: 16,336[15], 18,183[16]
  • Official name: Centralia[17]
  • Category for people born here: Q131535702[18]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Centralia, Washington[19]
  • Number of households: 7496[20]
  • Different from: Centralia[21]
  • Elevation above sea level: 57 m[22], 187 feet[23]
  • Area: 19.745656 km²[24], 7.81 square mile[25], 19.563748 km²[26], 20.222353 km²[27], 19.737748 km²[28], 0.484605 km²[29]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.8172 percent[30]
  • Territory overlaps: Centralia urban area[31]
  • Per capita income: 23,245 US dollars[32]

Why It Matters

Centralia has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Centralia is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . cityofcentralia.com. Retrieved . cityofcentralia.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . census.gov. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Lewis County
    Official website → https://cityofcentralia.com
    Inception → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 46.7206, 'lon': -122.961}
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46713|batch #46713]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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