Welcome to Smithfield ...
So far, we found very little information about Smithfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Smithfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Smithfield - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Smithfield, please Contact Us.
Smithfield was located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).
While we don't have the exact location of Smithfield , we believe that it would have been located within present day Polk County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Smithfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.
Time Zone: The area where Smithfield was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Smithfield would have been located in the (936) area code.
Communities Also Named Smithfield ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Smithfield: This one is located in Polk County and the other is located in Tarrant County.
Beyond Texas, there are 42 communities that are also named Smithfield - they are located in Alabama (3), Alberta, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia (3), Ohio (2), Ontario (3), Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Utah (2), Virginia (3) and West Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smithfield.
Adding Smithfield to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Smithfield in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Smithfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Smithfield post office opened in 1840.
We also found Smithfield in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Smithfield.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |