BlockSmithfield, Indiana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47383. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Muncie East quadrangle. It stands 988 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1952 USGS Muncie East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Muncie East quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Muncie East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
In the county-history sources
16,146 words on this townshipHistory of Delaware County, Indiana : with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Liberty Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Another early laid-out road was the one from Windsor, through Smithfield, to Muncie. It was surveyed and located at the expense of Randolph and Delaware Counties, on the south side of White River. From this road another branched off near the Parker Truitt farm, running in a northwesterly course to the town of Granville, in this county.
Passage source: History of Delaware County, Indiana : with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881.
The road from Muncie to Marion, Ind., was laid out soon after the early settlement of the township began, and from time to time, as occasion required, roads were located from one point to another within the township, to facilitate local travel and communication. In later years several of the principal roads were converted into turnpikes which have proved of great benefit in seasons when the other roads have been almost impassable. The Smithfield and Albany Pike runs north through the central part of the township, from Smithfield through Selma, terminating at the town of Albany; the Junction Pike traverses the entire length of the township in an east and west course, and forms the bound- ary line between Liberty and Perry; the Smithfield and Burlington Pike runs from Smithfield in a southerly course, to New Burlington, in Perry Township, and another pike leads from Smithfieid to Muncie.
Passage source: History of Delaware County, Indiana : with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881.
Jeremiah Fenner kept a stock of general merchandise at Smithfield at an early day. He was probably the first merchant in the township. He remained four or five years, and finally sold his stock and good will to Mr. Garrison. Thomas Leonard opened a store a few years later, and remained in the village until his decease, after which William Lewis engaged in business at the same stand.
Passage source: History of Delaware County, Indiana : with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Liberty Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Storms near this place
2 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithfield in 2 storm reports between 2025 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithfield | $60,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed multiple trees and damaged a school roof and baseball field dugouts. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Smithfield | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selma | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hyde Park | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Woodland Park | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Liberty Corners | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| New Burlington | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Irvington | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Medford | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gates Corner | 4.5 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Smithfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14688814 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 443706. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.