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Do you know of Smiths ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Smiths. 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 Smiths.<1>

Our sources for Smiths (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 Smiths other than they indicate that Smiths would be found somewhere in Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1936.

Communities Also Named Smiths ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Smiths.

There is one other community in Massachusetts which is also named Smiths.

Beyond Massachusetts, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Massachusetts ...
    • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Smiths [Franklin County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Smiths [Lee County].
    • Florida
      • Saint Johns 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 Smiths [Saint Johns County].
    • Georgia
      • Irwin 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 Georgia community of Smiths [Irwin County].
    • Indiana
      • Clark 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 Indiana community of Smiths [Clark County].
    • Iowa
      • Decatur 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 Iowa community of Smiths [Decatur County].
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Smiths [Jackson County].
    • Maine
      • Penobscot 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 Maine community of Smiths [Penobscot County].
    • Michigan
      • Gladwin 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 Michigan community of Smiths [Gladwin County].
      • Saginaw 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 Michigan community of Smiths [Saginaw County].
      • Tuscola 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 Michigan community of Smiths [Tuscola County].
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Smiths [Hinds County].
    • North Carolina
      • Robeson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Smiths [Robeson County].
    • Ohio
      • Butler 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 Ohio community of Smiths [Butler County].
      • Gallia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smiths [Gallia County].
      • Muskingum 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 Ohio community of Smiths [Muskingum County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • York 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 Pennsylvania community of Smiths [York County].
    • Texas
      • San Jacinto 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 Texas community of Smiths [San Jacinto County].
    • Utah
      • Davis 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 Smiths [Davis County].
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Smiths [Salt Lake County].
    • West Virginia
      • Lewis 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 West Virginia community of Smiths [Lewis County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Smiths ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

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

George#&160;F. Cram Map of Massachusetts (1901)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Hampshire 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 Hampshire County.

BabylonHampton Mills
Barret's JunctionHatfield Center
BarrettsHatfield Station
Belchertown Center 
Blush HollowMiddlefield Station
  
Canal JunctionPansy Park
Cummington West VillagePine Island Lake
 Prescott
Falls 
 Sixteen Acres
GibbsSmith's Ferry
Granby Center 
Greenwich VillageWest Cunningham
 Woodlawn

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.
<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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Smiths 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>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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