Do you know of Smithtown Branch ???

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

Our sources for Smithtown Branch (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 Smithtown Branch other than they indicate that Smithtown Branch would be found somewhere in Suffolk County, New York.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1849 and closed  in 1953.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Smithtown Branch ...

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

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 Smithtown Branch - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

The FIPS database contains an entry for Smithtown Branch.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 36/68011   (Place Name: Smithtown Branch)

County: Suffolk     (FIPS State/County: 36/103)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Smithtown Branch) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Suffolk 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 Suffolk County.