Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Smithfield came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Smithfield in various books and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Smithfield. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Smithfield data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Smithfield:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

Smithfield is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Smithfield. See our Misc Page for Smithfield for more information.