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Communities Also Named Smithfield ...

We found 38 communities that share the name Smithfield.

Within Alberta, the name Smithfield is unique.

Beyond Alberta, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in Canada and the United States. Of these 38 communities, seven are located in Canada and 35 are in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Dallas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Smithfield [Dallas County].
      • Jefferson County
      • This Smithfield is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,929 miles [3,104.4 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Smithfield.
      • Mobile County
      • This Smithfield is located in Mobile County and lies 2,048 miles [3,295.9 km] to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mobile County community of Smithfield.
    • Illinois
      • Fulton County
      • This Smithfield is located in Fulton County and lies 1,436 miles [2,311 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Fulton County community of Smithfield.
    • Indiana
      • Delaware County
      • This Smithfield is located in Delaware County and lies 1,637 miles [2,634.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Delaware County community of Smithfield.
    • Iowa
      • Story County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Story County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Story County community of Smithfield.
    • Kansas
      • Doniphan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Smithfield [Doniphan County].
      • Graham County
      • This Smithfield is located in Graham County and lies 1,187 miles [1,910.3 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Graham County community of Smithfield.
    • Kentucky
      • Henry County
      • This Smithfield is located in Henry County and lies 1,725 miles [2,776.1 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Henry County community of Smithfield.
    • Louisiana
      • West Baton Rouge Parish
      • This Smithfield is located in West Baton Rouge Parish and lies 1,962 miles [3,157.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the West Baton Rouge Parish community of Smithfield.
    • Maine
      • Somerset County
      • This Smithfield is located in Somerset County and lies 2,067 miles [3,326.5 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Somerset County community of Smithfield.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Smithfield [Montgomery County].
    • Minnesota
      • Wabasha County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Smithfield [Wabasha County].
    • Missouri
      • Jasper County
      • This Smithfield is located in Jasper County and lies 1,472 miles [2,369 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jasper County community of Smithfield.
    • Nebraska
      • Gosper County
      • This Smithfield is located in Gosper County and lies 1,125 miles [1,810.5 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gosper County community of Smithfield.
    • New Brunswick
      • This Smithfield lies 2,142 miles [3,447.2 km]<2> to the east.
    • New York
      • Dutchess County
      • This Smithfield is located in Dutchess County and lies 2,022 miles [3,254.1 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dutchess County community of Smithfield.
    • North Carolina
      • Johnston County
      • This Smithfield is located in Johnston County and lies 2,131 miles [3,429.5 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Johnston County community of Smithfield.
    • Nova Scotia
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Smithfield.
    • Ohio
      • Jefferson County
      • This Smithfield is located in Jefferson County and lies 1,805 miles [2,904.9 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Smithfield.
      • Trumbull County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Trumbull County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Trumbull County community of Smithfield.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Smithfield.
    • Oregon
      • Lane County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Smithfield [Lane County].
      • Polk County
      • This Smithfield is located in Polk County and lies 715 miles [1,150.7 km]<2> to the southwest.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Smithfield.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Huntingdon County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Smithfield [Huntingdon County].
    • Rhode Island
      • Providence County
      • This Smithfield is located in Providence County and lies 2,104 miles [3,386.1 km]<2> to the east.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Providence County community of Smithfield.
    • South Carolina
      • Aiken County
      • This Smithfield is located in Aiken County and lies 2,099 miles [3,378 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Aiken County community of Smithfield.
      • Greenwood County
      • This Smithfield is located in Greenwood County and lies 2,056 miles [3,308.8 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Greenwood County community of Smithfield.
    • Tennessee
      • Monroe County
      • This Smithfield is located in Monroe County and lies 1,923 miles [3,094.8 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Smithfield.
    • Texas
      • Polk County
      • This community is historic<3> and although located in Polk County, we don't know where within the .
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Polk County community of Smithfield.
      • Tarrant County
      • This Smithfield is located in Tarrant County and lies 1,659 miles [2,669.9 km]<2> to the southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Tarrant County community of Smithfield.
    • Utah
      • Cache County
      • This Smithfield is located in Cache County and lies 818 miles [1,316.4 km]<2> to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Cache County community of Smithfield.
      • Salt Lake County
      • This Smithfield is located in Salt Lake County and lies 897 miles [1,443.6 km] to the south.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Salt Lake County community of Smithfield.
    • Virginia
      • Isle of Wight County
      • This Smithfield is located in Isle of Wight County and lies 2,125 miles [3,419.9 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Isle of Wight County community of Smithfield.
      • Radford City
      • This Smithfield is located in Radford City and lies 1,965 miles [3,162.4 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Radford City community of Smithfield.
      • Russell County
      • This Smithfield is located in Russell County and lies 1,921 miles [3,091.5 km] to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Russell County community of Smithfield.
    • West Virginia
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Smithfield [Jefferson County].
      • Wetzel County
      • This Smithfield is located in Wetzel County and lies 1,850 miles [2,977.3 km]<2> to the east southeast.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wetzel County community of Smithfield.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Smithfield ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Castle Island
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Castle Island came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Island
  • Gunn
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gunn came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gunn
  • Keephills
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keephills came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keephills
  • Rolling Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Silver Sands
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Stony Plain
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Plain came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Plain
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stony Plain <5>
  • Sunset Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunset Point came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Point
  • Yellowstone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yellowstone came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yellowstone

How Far From Smithfield to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Smithfield to various places of note, such as Parliament Hill.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smithfield and extending to:

  • Edmonton, which is the Provincial Capital of Alberta, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the east (E). If you could walk a straight line from Smithfield to Edmonton, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
  • The National Capital at Parliament Hill (Ottawa, ON) is 1,796 miles [2,890.4 km] to the east (E). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of three days, a buggy would take 71 days and walking would take 102 days.
  • The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,260 miles [10,074.5 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<8>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,026 miles [11,307.3 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<9>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,122 miles [8,243.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Smithfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Province of Alberta: https://www.alberta.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Smithfield could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smithfield) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smithfield. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 53.5701, Longitude: -114.3456    
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Smithfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<7>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Smithfield to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 334.504 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 335.527 degrees.
<10>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 321.725 degrees.




 

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