COUNTRY STORE & POST OFFICE

The first postmaster, according to Snell’s History of Warren County, was Peter Blair. The post office was named Knowlton after the Knowlton Presbyterian Church. The mail was carried on horseback from Columbia to Hackettstown by Mr. Drake. The postage on a single letter was 24 cents.
The wheelwright shop was established in 1875 by Gideon L. Ryman. The last owner of the store and wheelwright shop was Elizabeth Lieda. Time and better routes, as with most of the small towns in Knowlton Township, have passed Centerville by.The wheelwright shop has been converted into a home.
Peter Blair was at one time the owner of the Centerville Store. Farmers would exchange surplus equipment or cash for codfish, molasses, sugar, rum, snuff tobacco, calico and other household needs.