Smithfield, RI
PT, Providence Co, RI, situated on Blackstone river, 16 miles north of Providence; from Washington 413 miles. Its resources consists in a favorable position in a region naturally productive, and affording lime and several useful stones, and in the extensive water power, which keep numerous manufactories in active operation. A number of these are congregated at Woonsocket falls, on the Blackstone, where there is a pleasant village of the same name.
Population in 1810 was 3,828; in 1830 was 6,857; in 1840 was 9,534 and in 1850 was 11, 504.