Centerfield is a city in southwestern Sanpete County, Utah, United States.

[7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2), all land.

At the same time, Sanpete suffered a terrible winter with such deep snow that many cattle couldn't find enough forage and died.

In order to keep their operations from being a total loss, the ranchers skinned the cows, used the new tanning method on the hides, and hung them out on their fences to dry.

When the town was incorporated in 1907, the residents chose the more dignified name of Centerfield because of the community's central location.

A late 1876 petition to ‘build a school convenient to our location’ was an early sign of independence from the mother colony.

Community spirit was strong by that time, and Canute Peterson chose a committee of four who named the place for its location in the fields between Gunnison and Axtell.

[10] The Gunnison Valley Sugar Company built a 500-ton factory in Centerfield, Utah, in 1918.

In 1920, the William Wrigley Jr. Company purchased the factory to supply their chewing gum production.