Do you know of Smithfield ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Smithfield. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Smithfield.

We found mention of Smithfield as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Dallas County, Alabama.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Communities Also Named Smithfield ...

We found 38 communities that share the name Smithfield.

There are two communities within Alabama that are also named Smithfield.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 34 are located in the United States and eight are in Canada.

Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Smithfield [Jefferson County].
- Mobile County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Smithfield [Mobile County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Smithfield.
- Illinois
  - Fulton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Smithfield [Fulton County].
- Indiana
  - Delaware County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Smithfield [Delaware County].
- Iowa
  - Story County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Smithfield [Story County].
- 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
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Smithfield [Graham County].
- Kentucky
  - Henry County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Smithfield [Henry County].
- Louisiana
  - West Baton Rouge Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Smithfield [West Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maine
  - Somerset County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Smithfield [Somerset County].
- 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
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Smithfield [Jasper County].
- Nebraska
  - Gosper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Smithfield [Gosper County].
- New Brunswick
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Smithfield.
- New York
  - Dutchess County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Smithfield [Dutchess County].
- North Carolina
  - Johnston County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Smithfield [Johnston County].
- 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
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smithfield [Jefferson County].
  - Trumbull County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smithfield [Trumbull County].
- 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
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Smithfield [Polk County].
- 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
  - Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Smithfield [Providence County].
- South Carolina
  - Aiken County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Smithfield [Aiken County].
  - Greenwood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Smithfield [Greenwood County].
- Tennessee
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Smithfield [Monroe County].
- Texas
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Smithfield [Polk County].
  - Tarrant County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Smithfield [Tarrant County].
- Utah
  - Cache County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Smithfield [Cache County].
  - Salt Lake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Smithfield [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
  - Isle of Wight County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Smithfield [Isle of Wight County].
  - Radford City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Smithfield [Radford City].
  - Russell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Smithfield [Russell County].
- 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
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Smithfield [Wetzel County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Smithfield ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Smithfield:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Smithfield - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Dallas County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Dallas County.

Footnotes ...

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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 county. 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.