Welcome to Smead ...

So far, we found very little information about Smead. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Smead to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Smead - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Smead, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Smead , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lyon County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smead, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Time Zone: The area where Smead was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Smead was located: 712

Communities Also Named Smead ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Smead - they are located in Arkansas (2) and Montana (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smead.

Adding Smead to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Smead was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Smead post office opened in 1871. The Smead post office closed in 1871.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smead.

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 Smead, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Lyon, 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/