Smithson is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Big Creek Township,
White County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
.
History
Smithson was originally called Wheeler, and was laid out under that name on the farm of Hiram M. Wheeler when the
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway was extended to that point.
The present name is derived from Bernard G. Smith, a Civil War veteran and early settler.
Smithson was the name of the local post office
which was established in 1880 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1931.
Geography
Smithson is located at , approximately two miles south of
Reynolds at the intersection of
State Road 43 and Smithson Road.
References
Unincorporated communities in White County, Indiana
Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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