The town of Smithfield (originally known as “Summit Creek” )in Cache Valley, Utah, was tied to the early Mormon colonization of Utah. Part of what has been labeled “the inner cordon of settlements,” Cache Valley was itself settled in 1856, and Smithfield in 1859. As an agricultural region in northern Utah, Cache Valley aided in the supplying of goods not only to northern Utah, but also to mining regions in Idaho and Montana. Smithfield, which began as a settlement of dugouts and wagons, in 1860 became a village with houses arranged in “fort style” (forming a square where the rear portions of the buildings constituted the walls of the fort). It had been named Smithfield in 1859 for John Glover Smith, the first Mormon bishop, who exercised power in both church and civic affairs.

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• Douglas General Mercantile
• Heritage Park
• Ira Elias Merrill Memorial
• Main Theater
• The Morgan Canning Company
• Original Settlement of Smithfield (D.U.P. Marker #550)
• Parks in Smithfield
• Smithfield Bank
• Smithfield Carnegie Library
• Smithfield Fire Station
• Smithfield History Museum
• Smithfield Implement Co
• Smithfield Tabernacle
• Smithfield Veterans Memorial
• Summit Creek Fort
• The SV above Smithfield
• Walking Trail with Plaques
• Smithfield posts sorted by address