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Welcome to Smithville ...

So far, we found very little information about Smithville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Smithville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Smithville, please Contact Us.

Smithville would have been located within present day Abbeville County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smithville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Smithville is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Smithville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Smithville was located: 864 & 821<4>

Communities Also Named Smithville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two South Carolina communities named Smithville: This one is located in Abbeville County and the other is located in Sumter County.

Beyond South Carolina, there are 58 communities that are also named Smithville - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (4), California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (5), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), New York (2), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smithville.

Communities near Smithville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Smithville.

  • Greenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Abbeville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Honea Path
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • McCormick
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Ware Shoals
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Ninety Six
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Due West
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cross Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Donalds
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Waterloo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Smithville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Smithville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Smithville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smithville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Smithville. See our Newspapers Page for Smithville.

Adding Smithville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Smithville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Smithville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Smithville post office opened in 1828.

We also found Smithville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smithville.

The official website for Abbeville County: www.abbevillecountygovernment.org/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Smithville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Abbeville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smithville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Smithville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Smithville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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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