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Township: Liberty

Location:

Coordinates: 40°10′12″N 85°16′07″W [S11] -

CR 167S, 625E, north of White River [S5]

Other Names:
Smithfield Sta.: Shown located just south of Selma on present-day south CR625E (S Albany St.) - [S13] - Coordinates: 40.1895 -85.2682 [S11] -

Date Platted: 1830

Town Plat Map - 1874 - [S14 p 21] -
- North-South Streets: Road, Liberty
- East-West Streets: Lane, Market, Main
- White River Shown
- M.E. Church Shown

Maps:
1870: "Smithfield" - "Smithfield Sta." [S13] -
1874: "Smithfield - Town Plat Map - Business Directory [S14 p 11, 21] -
1874: Ball State University, Delaware County Collection, Map 61-4
1876: "Smithfield" [S12] -

Post Office Data:

Post Office Established: 15 Nov 1830
Post Office Closed: 9 Sep 1856

Postmasters:

Jeremiah Fenner -- 15 Nov 1830
Jeremiah Demsy -- 11 Jun 1833
David Ribble -- 13 Feb 1836
Jeremiah Demsy -- 26 Jan 1838 (2nd Appt)
John A. Merine -- 9 Nov 1838
Benjamin Garretson -- 23 May 1839
Thomas Leonard -- 20 Jul 1841
William Lewis -- 19 Jul 1845
William F. Gray -- 14 Feb 1852
Michael Beck -- 20 Jun 1854
William F. Gray -- 14 Mar 1855 (2nd Appt)
John Holbert 4 Sep 1856
PO Closed -- 9 Sep 1856

Population:
1880: 97 [S6, p 3]

Sources: [S2, p 99] - [S3, p 1027] - [S5] - [S6, Pages IFC, 3, 8] - [S7, p 153] - [S8, p 5] - [S9] - [S10, p 258] -
Abbreviations: IFC = Inside Front Cover

"A substantial iron bridge spans the [White] river at this point,on the pike [Burlington Pike] leading to Burlington...The name was given to a small collection of houses which stood here long before the town was surveyed and laid out into town lots by the original proprietors David Stout and William Duncan." [S10, p 258]

Fire, 15 Aug 1904
"M. E. Church at Smithfield is burned, and because of the numerous oil derricks and tanks the venerable village is threatened with annihilation. Within a year Smithfield has been transformed from a 'Hoosier Sleepy Hollow' into a boom town; an oil derrick was erected on the very ground occupied by the church." [S2, p 201, 202]

Oil Boom
Dec 1904: "Oil boom lessens, rigs being taken away, back to the quiet place it was before." [S2, p 203]

Smithfield Iron Bridge - Smithfield Schoolhouse [Tour Commentary - Delaware County Historical Alliance Homes Tour] - Doc2755.pdf

Smithfield Delinquent Taxpayers, 1847 [Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, p 15, 16] - Doc2756.pdf

"Effie Bush, Former Smithfield Grocery Owner, Dead at 100" [Muncie Star, 14 July 1987]

Smithfield Article - The Bulletin (Delaware County Historical Society), Vol. 3, No. 5 - Sept/Oct 2015

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Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984. Bk3012.

Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976, Bk3010.
Repositories: Bracken Library, Ball State University and Anderson Public Library

http://www.stonesandbones.us/smithfield.html

Map of Delaware County, Indiana. Compiled by H. Lester Janney. Revised by Ward M. Harlan, 1965.

An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprint ed., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971, Bk1849.

Baker, Ronald L, and Marvin Carmony. Indiana Place Names. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1975, Bk1567.

Greene, Richard A. Muncie and Delaware County: An Historical Sketch. Muncie, Indiana: Delaware County Historical Society, 1965, Bk1872.

Bracken Library Special Collections. Ball State University. Map #61-4.

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Helm, T.B. History of Delaware County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1881, reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, Inc., 1976, Bk1595.

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Google Maps:

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Map: Delaware County, Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co. Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-# Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg

Detail: Selma - Smithfield, Liberty Township

From 1876 - Delaware County Map

Ph9386-027.jpg

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Map: Asher, Adams & Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David Rumsey Map Collection. http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No# Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg

Map Detail: Liberty Township, Delaware County

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Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642

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"Delaware County's Delinquent Taxpayers of 1842" - Delaware County, Genealogist and Historian, March 1995, page 13 - Doc2904.pdf

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"Delaware County Delinquent Taxpayers of 1847" Transcribed by Joyce Colleen Libes. Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, pages 15, 16 - Doc2908.pdf

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Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212

http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/

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