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Do you know of Smithville ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Smithville. 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 Smithville.

Our sources for Smithville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Smithville other than they indicate that Smithville would be found somewhere in Henry County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1874 and closed  in 1905.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Smithville ...

We found 57 communities that share the name Smithville.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Smithville.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 56 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 56 communities, 55 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Chilton 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 Smithville [Chilton County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Craighead County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smithville [Craighead County].
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smithville [Lawrence County].
      • Miller County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smithville [Miller County].
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smithville [Union County].
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Smithville [Shasta County].
    • Florida
      • Putnam 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 Florida community of Smithville [Putnam County].
    • Georgia
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Smithville [Lee County].
    • Illinois
      • Peoria County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Smithville [Peoria County].
      • Wayne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Smithville [Wayne County].
    • Indiana
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Smithville [Monroe County].
      • Owen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Smithville [Owen County].
    • Kansas
      • Clay 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 Smithville [Clay County].
      • Ottawa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Smithville [Ottawa County].
      • Smith County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Smithville [Smith County].
    • Kentucky
      • Bullitt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Smithville [Bullitt County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Smithville [Montgomery County].
    • Louisiana
      • Rapides Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Smithville [Rapides Parish].
      • Vernon Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Smithville [Vernon Parish].
    • Maine
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Smithville [Washington County].
    • Maryland
      • Calvert County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Smithville [Calvert County].
      • Caroline County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Smithville [Caroline County].
      • Dorchester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Smithville [Dorchester County].
      • Kent County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Smithville [Kent County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Smithville [Montgomery County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Smithville [Worcester County].
    • Michigan
      • Kalkaska County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Smithville [Kalkaska County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Smithville [Saint Louis County].
    • Mississippi
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Smithville [Monroe County].
    • Missouri
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Smithville [Clay County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Smithville [Hillsborough County].
    • New Jersey
      • Atlantic County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Smithville [Atlantic County].
      • Burlington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Smithville [Burlington County].
    • New York
      • Genesee 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 New York community of Smithville [Genesee County].
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Smithville [Jefferson County].
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Smithville [Mecklenburg County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Smithville.
    • Ohio
      • Geauga County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smithville [Geauga County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smithville [Montgomery County].
      • Wayne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smithville [Wayne County].
      • Wyandot County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smithville [Wyandot County].
    • Oklahoma
      • McCurtain County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Smithville [McCurtain 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 Smithville.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Smithville [Butler County].
      • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Smithville [Lancaster County].
    • South Carolina
      • Abbeville County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Smithville [Abbeville County].
      • Sumter 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 South Carolina community of Smithville [Sumter County].
    • South Dakota
      • Meade 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 South Dakota community of Smithville [Meade County].
    • Tennessee
      • DeKalb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Smithville [DeKalb County].
    • Texas
      • Bastrop County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Smithville [Bastrop County].
      • Gonzales County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Smithville [Gonzales County].
    • Utah
      • Millard 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 Utah community of Smithville [Millard County].
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Smithville [Windsor County].
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Smithville [Accomack County].
    • Washington
      • Klickitat County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Smithville [Klickitat County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Smithville [Marion County].
      • Ritchie County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Smithville [Ritchie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Smithville ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Henry 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 Henry County.

AshburyHaleburgh
AshfordHardwicksburg
 Hilliardsville
Baker 
BrackinKinsey
  
CawthornLevin
ChoctawhatcheeLynnville
Columbia 
CottonwoodMcRae
Cowarts 
CrosbyOaky Grove
Cureton's BridgeOates
  
DewitPansey
DoswellPleasant Plains
Dothen 
Double BridgesTalley
  
GordonWesley
GracevilleWeston
Grafton 
GrangerZoe
 Zornville

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Smithville 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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