Do you know of Smithsonville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Smithsonville. 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 Smithsonville.<1>
Our sources for Smithsonville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Smithsonville other than they indicate that Smithsonville would be found somewhere in Harrison County, Kentucky.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Smithsonville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Smithsonville:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Smithsonville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Harrison County ...
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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 Harrison County.
| Antioch Mills | Marysville |
| Avena | McLoney |
| Baptist | Paxton |
| Branch | |
| Raven Creek | |
| Havilandsville | Robertson |
| Keller | Selma |
| Shadynook | |
| Leeport | Smitsonville |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |