1841年JohnathanFaust在Centralia開辦了公牛之頭酒館。1866年Centralia被合并為自治鎮。當地的主要產業是無煙煤，但在20世紀60年代這方面的很多公司都停業了。1962年，由于每周的焚燒垃圾，使得一個露天煤礦被意外點燃，結果地下煤礦發生了大火。大火沒法被撲滅，在20世紀60年代和70年代繼續燃燒。由于燃燒過程產生一氧化碳，很多人說健康出現嚴重問題。

In 1841, JohnathanFaust in Centralia opened the first Bulls tavern. In 1866, it has been consolidated as an autonomous town of Centralia. The main local industries are anthracite, but in the 1960s, many companies in this area were suspended. In 1962, due to the burning of garbage each week, an opencast coal mine was accidentally ignited. As a result, an underground coal mine fire occurred. The fire continued to burn till the 1960s and 1970s.