Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Smithfield (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Smithfield. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Smithfield is located in Providence County .
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Providence County : Windham (CT) , Bristol (MA) , Norfolk (MA) , Worcester (MA) , Bristol & Kent .
Below are the counties that are near Smithfield. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Smithfield:
Providence County (The home county of Smithfield)
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Spragueville (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Spragueville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spragueville Hanton City ‑ Historic(Less than 2 miles to the north)
Hanton City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hanton City Hanton City has also been known as:
Lost City Smithfield (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Smithfield is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield Esmond (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Esmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Esmond Greenville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Greenville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Primrose (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Primrose is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Harmony (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Harmony is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Lime Rock (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Lime Rock is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock Lincoln (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Lincoln is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Population from the 2020 Census: 21,941 people
Centerdale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Centerdale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerdale North Providence (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
North Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence Population from the 2020 Census: 32,507 people
North Providence (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
North Providence is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Providence Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Annawomscutt (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Warren (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Warren (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Bristol (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Bristol (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Coggeshall (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Kent County
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Arkwright (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Norwood (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Norwood is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwood Phenix (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Hillsgrove (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Hillsgrove is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsgrove West Warwick (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
West Warwick (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Apponaug (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Coventry (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Quidnick (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Kettle Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Kettle Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kettle Corner Shawomet (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Shawomet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawomet Warwick (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Prudence Island (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Melville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Portsmouth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Portsmouth (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Tiverton (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Jamestown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Lawtons (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Bliss Corners (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
Bliss Corners is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bliss Corners Tiverton Four Corners (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
Tiverton is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiverton Population from the 2020 Census: 15,569 people
Jamestown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Middletown (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Mount View (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Austin (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin Exeter (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Wickford Junction (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Wickford (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Lewis City (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
Lewis City is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis City North Kingstown (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Allenton (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Belleville (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville Exeter (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
Liberty (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty North Kingstown (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Voluntown (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
Glasgo (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Griswold (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
Jewett City (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
East Killingly (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
East Thompson (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
East Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Thompson Ballouville (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
South Killingly (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Killingly (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
Putnam Heights (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Putnam Heights is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Heights Putnam (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Putnam is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Putnam Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
Thompson (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
Dayville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Grosvenor Dale (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Mechanicsville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Mechanicsville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mechanicsville Thompson (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Thompson is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson Population from the 2020 Census: 9,371 people
Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Attleborough City (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City North Seekonk (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk North Attleboro (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
North Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 29,470 people
Seekonk (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Dodgeville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
Dodgeville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville Attleboro Falls (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Attleboro Falls is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Falls Harris (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Attleboro (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Attleboro is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleboro Population from the 2020 Census: 45,444 people
Briggs Corner (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Briggs Corner is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briggs Corner South Rehoboth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Rehoboth (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
Chartley (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
Chartley is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chartley Middlesex County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Metcalf (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
Metcalf is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metcalf Hayden Row (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Hayden Row is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hayden Row Holliston (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holliston Population from the 2020 Census: 14,880 people
East Holliston (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
East Holliston is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Holliston Hopkinton (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
Hopkinton is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkinton Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
Woodville (23 miles [37 km] to the north)
Woodville is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville South Sherborn (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
South Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sherborn Ashland (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Ashland is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Population from the 2020 Census: 17,887 people
Sherborn (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Sherborn is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherborn Population from the 2020 Census: 4,383 people
Framingham (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
Framingham is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Framingham Population from the 2020 Census: 73,892 people
Natick (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
Natick is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick Population from the 2020 Census: 35,766 people
North Natick (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
North Natick is located in Middlesex County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Natick Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Sheldonville (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Plainville (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Plainville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
Bellingham (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
Bellingham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
Franklin (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
Acorn Terrace (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Acorn Terrace is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Acorn Terrace Wrentham (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Wrentham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
Medway (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
Medway is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medway Population from the 2020 Census: 13,443 people
Foxborough (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Foxborough is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxborough Population from the 2020 Census: 18,398 people
Norfolk (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Norfolk is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfolk Population from the 2020 Census: 11,938 people
North Foxboro (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
North Foxboro is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Foxboro Pondville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Pondville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pondville Plymouth County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Cochesett (26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
Cochesett is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochesett West Bridgewater (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
West Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 7,310 people
Bridgewater (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 27,689 people
Brockton (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
Brockton is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockton Population from the 2020 Census: 95,770 people
East Bridgewater (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
East Bridgewater is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bridgewater Population from the 2020 Census: 14,554 people
Elmwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Elmwood is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood Lakeville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeville Population from the 2020 Census: 11,698 people
Namasket Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Namasket Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Namasket Village North Lakeville (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
North Lakeville is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lakeville Paper Mill Village (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
Paper Mill Village is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paper Mill Village Montello (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
Montello is located in Plymouth County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montello Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Blackstone (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
Millerville (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville East Blackstone (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Millville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
Uxbridge (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
Mendon (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
Mendon is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mendon Population from the 2020 Census: 6,233 people
South Milford (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
South Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford Douglas (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Population from the 2020 Census: 9,117 people
Linwood (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
Linwood is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood North Uxbridge (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
North Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uxbridge Hopedale (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
Hopedale is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopedale Population from the 2020 Census: 5,934 people
East Douglas (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
East Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Douglas
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Smithfield, see our County-by-County Page for Smithfield .
Cemeteries Near Smithfield ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Smithfield.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Smithfield - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Smithfield covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Alfred Smith Cemetery (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alfred Smith Cemetery To give a relative sense of its location, the Alfred Smith Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> Greenville . The Alfred Smith Cemetery has also been known as:
Alfred Smith Lot Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #SM062 <3>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #2257265 <4>
Abel Mowry Lot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Greenville Cemetery (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Abial Mowry Lot (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
Harmony Cemetery (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Highland Memorial Park (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Memorial Park To give a relative sense of its location, the Highland Memorial Park is a very large cemetery that is located 4 miles [6.4 km]<2> Providence . The Highland Memorial Park has also been known as:
Highland Memorial Park Cemetery Jump to the Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission: RIHCC ID #JN008 <3>
Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #1572077 <4>
Colvin Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
Elder Stephen Sweet Lot (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Intervale Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Clarks Cemetery (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Irons Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
Smithfield Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Continue List (885 more) ...
Glenford Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
Woodlawn Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Waterman Cemetery (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>
While we didn't find Smithfield in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Smithfield.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Smithfield, with the one closest to Smithfield listed first.
Stillwater (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
Stillwater is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stillwater Georgiaville (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
Georgiaville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgiaville Smithfield (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
Smithfield is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithfield Greenville (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
Greenville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville Harmony (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
Harmony is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harmony Primrose (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
Primrose is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Primrose Allendale (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Allendale is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allendale Lime Rock (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Lime Rock is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime Rock Field Station ‑ Historic(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
Field Station is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Field Station North Scituate (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
North Scituate is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Scituate Lymansville (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Lymansville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lymansville Manton (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
Manton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manton Continue List (13 more) ...
Ashton (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Ashton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashton Albion (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Albion is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion Manville (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
Manville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Smithfield. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smithfield .
Newspapers Published in Smithfield ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 390 newspapers that have been published in the area around Smithfield.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Smithfield, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> Extended Newspaper List for Smithfield.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Smithfield:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Providence County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Kent County Newport County Washington County New London County Windham County Bristol County Middlesex County Norfolk County Plymouth County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Smithfield. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 from Point A (ie- Smithfield) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. The Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission (RIHCC) has created and maintains a database of cemeteries. More information about the RIHCC can be found on their website: rihistoriccemeteries.org . The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com . 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 Smithfield, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.