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Welcome to the Smithfield Home page. The Smithfield Home page provides as much information as possible on Smithfield. Knowing Smithfield’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Smithfield’s Home page, you will also find Smithfield’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Smithfield has a population of 21735. 47.6% of Smithfield’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.4 are female. 43.2% of Smithfield is married and 79.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $302,780, and the average rent is $890. Household median income in Smithfield is $86,991, and the individual median income is $34,756. Smithfield’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.8%), Hispanic(4.5%), Asian(2.6%), Multiple(2.3%), Black(1.3%), Other(1%), Native(0.1%).


The area comprising modern-day Smithfield was first settled in 1663 as a farming community by several British colonists, including John Steere. The area was originally within the boundaries of Providence until 1731 when Smithfield was incorporated as a separate town. The town was named after John Smith, a first settler of Providence, according to the town's official website.Chief Justice Peleg Arnold lived in early Smithfield, and his 1690 home still stands today.


There was an active Quaker community in early 18th century Smithfield that extended along the Great Road, from what is today Woonsocket, north into south Uxbridge, Massachusetts. This Quaker community, and its members, became influential in the abolition movement, with members such as Effingham Capron and Abby Kelley Foster, and also gave rise to other Quaker settlements including one at Adams, Massachusetts, where Susan B.


Anthony was born as an early member. Elizabeth Buffum Chace is a well-known person from Smithfield who was influential in both the abolition of slavery, and the women's rights movement. Captain James Buxton, a Revolutionary War figure, served with a Massachusetts regiment at Valley Forge, was promoted to the rank of Captain, and later granted Massachusetts land for his war service by Governor John Hancock.


During the Industrial Revolution, Smithfield transformed from an agrarian community to a manufacturing center, with several textiles mills being founded along the Woonasquatucket River by the mid-1800s. In 1871, the towns of North Smithfield, Lincoln, and Central Falls became separate municipalities.


The colonial ghost town of Hanton City is located within the boundaries of present-day Smithfield, but was a completely separate community in the eighteenth century. In 1943, a U.S. Army Air Corps Lockheed RB-34 crashed on Wolf Hill, killing all three servicemen aboard.


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