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To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Smithville:
38.270604, -88.591721
Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
We found 57 communities that share the name Smithville.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Smithville.
Beyond Illinois, 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 Illinois ...
Peoria County
This Smithville is located in Peoria County and lies 177 miles [284.9 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Peoria County community of Smithville.
Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Alabama
Chilton County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Smithville [Chilton County].
Henry 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 Alabama community of Smithville [Henry County].
Arkansas
Craighead County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smithville [Craighead County].
Lawrence County
This Smithville is located in Lawrence County and lies 212 miles [341.2 km]<1> to the southwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lawrence County community of Smithville.
Miller County
This Smithville is located in Miller County and lies 466 miles [750 km] to the southwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Miller County community of Smithville.
Union County
This Smithville is located in Union County and lies 413 miles [664.7 km] to the southwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Union County community of Smithville.
California
Shasta County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, 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.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Smithville [Putnam County].
Georgia
Lee County
This Smithville is located in Lee County and lies 503 miles [809.5 km]<1> to the south southeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lee County community of Smithville.
Indiana
Monroe County
This Smithville is located in Monroe County and lies 125 miles [201.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Smithville.
Owen County
This Smithville is located in Owen County and lies 111 miles [178.6 km] to the northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Owen County community of Smithville.
Kansas
Clay County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> 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
This Smithville is located in Bullitt County and lies 168 miles [270.4 km]<1> to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bullitt County community of Smithville.
Montgomery County
This Smithville is located in Montgomery County and lies 253 miles [407.2 km] to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Smithville.
Louisiana
Rapides Parish
This Smithville is located in Rapides Parish and lies 526 miles [846.5 km]<1> to the south southwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Rapides Parish community of Smithville.
Vernon Parish
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Smithville [Vernon Parish].
Maine
Washington County
This Smithville is located in Washington County and lies 1,148 miles [1,847.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Smithville.
Maryland
Calvert County
This Smithville is located in Calvert County and lies 644 miles [1,036.4 km]<1> to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Calvert County community of Smithville.
Caroline County
This Smithville is located in Caroline County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km] to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Caroline County community of Smithville.
Dorchester County
This Smithville is located in Dorchester County and lies 666 miles [1,071.8 km] to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dorchester County community of Smithville.
Kent County
This Smithville is located in Kent County and lies 675 miles [1,086.3 km] to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kent County community of Smithville.
Montgomery County
This Smithville is located in Montgomery County and lies 627 miles [1,009.1 km] to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Smithville.
Massachusetts
Worcester County
This Smithville is located in Worcester County and lies 914 miles [1,470.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Worcester County community of Smithville.
Michigan
Kalkaska County
This Smithville is located in Kalkaska County and lies 466 miles [750 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Kalkaska County community of Smithville.
Minnesota
Saint Louis County
This Smithville is located in Saint Louis County and lies 610 miles [981.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Saint Louis County community of Smithville.
Mississippi
Monroe County
This Smithville is located in Monroe County and lies 290 miles [466.7 km]<1> to the south of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monroe County community of Smithville.
Missouri
Clay County
This Smithville is located in Clay County and lies 330 miles [531.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clay County community of Smithville.
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
This Smithville is located in Hillsborough County and lies 928 miles [1,493.5 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Hillsborough County community of Smithville.
New Jersey
Atlantic County
This Smithville is located in Atlantic County and lies 763 miles [1,227.9 km]<1> to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Atlantic County community of Smithville.
Burlington County
This Smithville is located in Burlington County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km] to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Burlington County community of Smithville.
New York
Genesee County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Smithville [Genesee County].
Jefferson County
This Smithville is located in Jefferson County and lies 755 miles [1,215.1 km]<1> to the northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Smithville.
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
This Smithville is located in Mecklenburg County and lies 467 miles [751.6 km]<1> to the east southeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mecklenburg County community of Smithville.
Nova Scotia
This Smithville lies 1,252 miles [2,014.9 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
Ohio
Geauga County
This community is historic<3> and although located in Geauga County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Geauga County community of Smithville.
Montgomery County
This community is historic and although located in Montgomery County, we don't know where within the county.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Montgomery County community of Smithville.
Wayne County
This Smithville is located in Wayne County and lies 400 miles [643.7 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wayne County community of Smithville.
Wyandot County
This Smithville is located in Wyandot County and lies 337 miles [542.3 km] to the northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Wyandot County community of Smithville.
Oklahoma
McCurtain County
This Smithville is located in McCurtain County and lies 426 miles [685.6 km]<1> to the southwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the McCurtain County community of Smithville.
Ontario
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Smithville.
Pennsylvania
Butler County
This Smithville is located in Butler County and lies 497 miles [799.8 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Butler County community of Smithville.
Lancaster County
This Smithville is located in Lancaster County and lies 670 miles [1,078.3 km] to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lancaster County community of Smithville.
South Carolina
Abbeville County
This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, 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.<2> 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.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Smithville [Meade County].
Tennessee
DeKalb County
This Smithville is located in DeKalb County and lies 221 miles [355.7 km]<1> to the southeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Smithville.
Texas
Bastrop County
This Smithville is located in Bastrop County and lies 750 miles [1,207 km]<1> to the southwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bastrop County community of Smithville.
Gonzales County
This Smithville is located in Gonzales County and lies 793 miles [1,276.2 km] to the southwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Gonzales County community of Smithville.
Utah
Millard County
We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Smithville [Millard County].
Vermont
Windsor County
This Smithville is located in Windsor County and lies 902 miles [1,451.6 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Windsor County community of Smithville.
Virginia
Accomack County
This Smithville is located in Accomack County and lies 694 miles [1,116.9 km]<1> to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Accomack County community of Smithville.
Washington
Klickitat County
This Smithville is located in Klickitat County and lies 1,734 miles [2,790.6 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Klickitat County community of Smithville.
West Virginia
Marion County
This Smithville is located in Marion County and lies 463 miles [745.1 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Marion County community of Smithville.
Ritchie County
This Smithville is located in Ritchie County and lies 407 miles [655 km] to the east of the Smithville that is located in Wayne County.
For more information, please visit our profile page for the Ritchie County community of Smithville.
Curious and Interesting Names Near Smithville ...
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.
Camp Ground (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Camp Ground have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Smithville to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Smithville and extending to:
Fairfield, which is the Seat of Wayne County, lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<1> to the east northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Smithville to Fairfield, with an average speed<6> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take four to five hours.
Springfield, which is the State Capital of Illinois, lies 118 miles [189.9 km] to the north northwest (NNW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
The White House (Washington, DC) is 624 miles [1,004.2 km] to the east (E). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 25 days and walking would take 36 days.
The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,393 miles [10,288.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,124 miles [11,465 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>
The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,001 miles [8,048.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<10>
Footnotes ...
<1>
Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Smithville) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Smithville. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 38.2706, Longitude: -88.5917 In this case, the coordinates for Smithville have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<2>
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.
<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 Smithville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>
The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>
An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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 Smithville 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 315.015 degrees.
<9>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.489 degrees.
<10>
The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.986 degrees.