The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Smith Center was founded in 1871. The first post office in Smith Center was established in January 1873. Like Smith County, Smith Center was named for Maj. J. Nelson Smith of the 2nd Colorado Cavalry, a pre-war native of Elwood, Kansas, who died leading his regiment on October 21, 1864 at the Battle of the Little Blue River.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Smith Center’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Smith Center’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewReprint of 1873 poem, "Home on th…, 1914: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Smith Center, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
3 historic places in Smith Center
3 places in Smith Center are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Reprint of 1873 poem, "Home on the Range," in "Old Smith County Song," Smith County Pioneer, Feb 19, 1914, 42(21), p. 2 (1914) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.