Historic Smithville Inn

Historic Smithville Inn is a New Jersey historical marker in Atlantic County, dedicated 1978.

Marker is on North New York Road.

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Traced to John Smith in 1737. Isaac & James Smith bought inn in 1819 An early stage stop

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1708 · Carte Particuliere de Virginie, Maryland, Pennsilvanie. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1740 · 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1755 · North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1777 · The province of New Jersey, divided into east and west, commonly called the Jerseys (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1872 · Atlantic Co., N.J. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering the location of Historic Smithville Inn, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — 43. Novi Belgii, in America Septentrionali, 1740, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Historic Smithville Inn

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