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HTML

<div id="townid">
    <select>   
        <option>Something else</option>
        <option>Something else</option>
        <option>Central C</option>
        <option>Something else</option>
        <option>Something else</option>
    </select>
</div>

JavaScript

var options = document.getElementById('townid').getElementsByTagName('option');

for (var i = 0, l = options.length; i < l; i++) {
    var option = options[i],
        text = option.innerText || option.textContent;
    if (text.indexOf('Central') > -1) {
        if (i > 1) {
            option.parentNode.insertBefore(option, options[1]);
        }
        break;
    }
}