Smithville,_Burlington_County,_New_Jersey
Smithville, Burlington County, New Jersey
Unincorporated community in New Jersey, United States
Smithville was a village in Eastampton Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.[3] It was originally established as Shreveville in 1831 by Jonathan and Samuel Shreve as a textile village on the Rancocas Creek.[3] It was purchased by Hezekiah Bradley Smith in 1865 and renamed to Smithville.[3] The Smithville post office was established in 1866.[4] The H. B. Smith Machine Company, which produced the American Star Bicycle beginning in 1880, was located there.[3] In 1962, the Smithville Post Office was closed. In 1975, Burlington County purchased the property and created the first park in the county.[3] It is listed on the National and New Jersey Registers of Historic Places as the Smithville Historic District.[5]