Smithfield is a town in Madison County, New York, USA. The town is named after Peter Smith, an original land owner. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 1,288.

The Town of Smithfield is located in the center of the county.

The region was first settled around 1797. The town was organized in 1807 from land taken from the Town of Cazenovia.

A report from MSN and NBC News online stated that the National Weather Service (NWS) had confirmed that a tornado (believed by the NWS to have a preliminary rating of at least an EF2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds estimated to be 113 to 157 mph, had caused the deaths of four people due to the destruction of their homes- including one home that was pulled from the ground and dropped hundreds of feet away on another house. It occurred at around 7:15 PM in Smithfield (which is east of Syracuse, New York) on the night of Tuesday, July 8, 2014; the NWS is continuing to evaluate the scene and has yet to assign a final rating, and preliminary damage estimates were not given and are likely not yet available due to the continuing investigation. The Madison County, New York area last saw an EF2 tornado in 2009; New York state rarely sees tornadoes at or above the EF2 level, and usually only gets about four or five a year. This tornado is believed to be New York state's second-deadliest after a 1989 tornado in Orange County, New York, which killed nine elementary schoolchildren when they were crushed by a falling cafeteria wall.^[1]

The fatalities for the tornado listed above include the four names below. - Kimberly Hilliard, 35 - Paris Newman, 4 months old - Virginia Warner, 70 - Arnie Allen, 53

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 24.3 square miles (63 km²), of which, 24.3 square miles (63 km²) of it is land and 0.04% is water.

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 1,205 people, 415 households, and 315 families residing in the town. The population density was 49.5 people per square mile (19.1/km²). There were 446 housing units at an average density of 18.3 per square mile (7.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.68% White, 1.00% African American, 0.83% Native American, 0.25% Asian, and 1.24% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.25% of the population.

There were 415 households out of which 42.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.9% were non-families. 16.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the town the population was spread out with 31.2% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 22.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 103.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $35,109, and the median income for a family was $38,333. Males had a median income of $28,618 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,860. About 12.6% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.2% of those under age 18 and 16.8% of those age 65 or over.

• Bliss Corners – A location south of Peterboro.
• Eisaman Corners – A location in the northern part of the town.
• Embury Corners – A location in the southeast corner of the town.
• Peterboro – A hamlet in the center of the town, where the Gerrit Smith Estate and Peter Smith Land Office is located. The community was named after Peter Smith.
• Siloam – A hamlet northeast of Peterboro.

• Gerrit Smith information
• Early history of Smithfield

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