Smithfield, Utah

Life in Smithfield, Utah, explained by people who’ve lived in Smithfield:

*Response format = Answer (Your name, How long you’ve lived in Smithfield)

Smithfield Favorites

What’s your favorite thing about living in Smithfield?

What’s your least favorite thing about living in Smithfield?

If you are not Mormon, people are rude. (Anonymous, 3 years)
There are too many people here now, the roads are too busy and there is noise all the time. (Anonymous, 5 years)
Distance to shopping. (Angie, 5.5 years)
Mormon culture. (Anonymous, 7 years)
Rude neighbors. (Stacy, 15 years)
License cats. (Anonymous, 18 years)
Too many Apartments. (Jana, 28 years)
I’ve lived here for so long. (Lisa, 38 years)
The traffic congestion in front of Lee’s Market Place. We need a street light! (Debbie, 60 years)

What are fun things to do in Smithfield?

Eat at Jim’s Grill, go walk around Smithfield canyon. (Anonymous, 3 years)
Splash pad, Mack park, Smithfield canyon. (Angie, 5.5 years)
Hiking, biking. (Anonymous, 7 years)
Not a whole lot. (Stacy, 15 years)
The library and splash pad. (Anonymous, 18 years)
Hike. (Jana, 28 years)
Splash pad, library, canyon, mack park, blue sox, (Lisa, 38 years)
Celebrate Health Days, Blue Sox baseball games, Splash Pad, Golf Course & Mack’s Park. (Debbie, 60 years)

What’s Smithfield known for?

I don’t know. (Anonymous, 3 years)
It is an arbor day tree city and tries it’s best to be a healthy city. (Anonymous, 5 years)
Smithfield Implement. (Anonymous, 7 years)
Health days. (Stacy, 15 years)
Health Days. (Anonymous, 18 years)
Beautiful valley. (Jana, 28 years)
Health days, Lee’s Marketplace. (Lisa, 38 years)
Our beautiful Main Street. (Debbie, 60 years)
Second largest city in Cache Valley. (Christopher)

What’s the crime like in Smithfield? (hot spot areas, etc.)

I don’t think there is much crime. (Anonymous, 3 years)
It keeps getting worse by the year, I’m sure it from all the people moving here and all the new apartment complexes going up. (Anonymous, 5 years)
None….? (Angie, 5.5 years)
Very little crime. (Anonymous, 7 years)
Seems to be getting worse. (Stacy, 15 years)
Very low. Seems higher as you get closer to Main Street. (Anonymous, 18 years)
Minimal. (Jana, 28 years)
Petty and random. (Lisa, 38 years)
No worse than any other city of the same size. (Debbie, 60 years)

Any advice for people moving to Smithfield?

Share an experience you’ve had in Smithfield (fun, crazy, dangerous, etc.).

Last year I got sick and a neighbor brought dinner to the house three nights in a row. (Anonymous, 3 years)
There have been several times where I have had to call the police department because random people have shown up at my house, and started parting and drinking on my lawn. I have also had a random drunk women show up thinking she was in Preston. (Anonymous, 5 years)
I built my home with my own two hands. (Stacy, 15 years)
The library is awesome. (Jana, 28 years)
I built my house through a neighborhood nonprofit here. (Lisa, 38 years)

How do you think Smithfield will change over the next 10 years?

I have no idea, I am moving from here. (Anonymous, 3 years)
It will get just as bad as Logan. (Anonymous, 5 years)
It’ll get big. (Anonymous, 7 years)
Growing. (Stacy, 15 years)
Growth. (Jana, 28 years)
Higher population. I really hope we can develop downtown, make main theater to be like Lewiston theater. (Lisa, 38 years)
Of course it’s going to grow. (Debbie, 60 years)

Any other interesting facts about Smithfield?

Neighbors are friendly until they find out they can’t convert you, after three years they still refer to me as the black John’s wife even though I have learned their names. (Anonymous, 3 years)