Smithville
Generic American hamlet
Smithville is a generic American small-town name, appearing across dozens of states.
The -ville suffix (from French for town) combined with the common surname Smith creates a placeholder for any unremarkable rural community: It's a nothing little Smithville in the middle of nowhere.
Specific Smithvilles exist as actual municipalities throughout the United States.
Furnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- metalworkingShaping raw ore industrially
- craftsmanSkilled manual worker
trade · foundry · industrial · mill town · factory town · working-class · labor · artisan
Combat engagement area
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- historic markerSign commemorating notable events
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
preservation · museum · landmark · memorial · colonial era · antebellum · restoration · register
County's smaller division
- hamletTiny rural settlement
- municipalityLocal governing district
- county seatAdministrative center of a region
- rural communitySettlement outside cities
small town · Main Street · town square · city hall · local government · incorporated · unincorporated · population
Second-largest American state
- New JerseyMid-Atlantic coastal state
- TennesseeSixteenth state admitted
- MissouriMidwestern state, major river
- OntarioCanada's most populous province
Georgia · Oklahoma · Arkansas · North Carolina · Mississippi · Kentucky · Indiana · Ohio
Generic fictional municipality
- fictionalNot real, invented
- placeholderTemporary position marker
- representativeOne who acts for another
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
American · quintessential · heartland · ordinary · unremarkable · anonymous · interchangeable · common
forge
Furnace for shaping metal
- anvilMetal-shaping block
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- metalworkingShaping raw ore industrially
craftsman · trade · foundry · industrial · mill town · factory town · working-class · labor · artisan · colonial
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- Revolutionary WarColonial uprising against Britain
- historic markerSign commemorating notable events
heritage · preservation · museum · landmark · memorial · colonial era · antebellum · restoration · register · founding fathers
township
County's smaller division
- hamletTiny rural settlement
- municipalityLocal governing district
- county seatAdministrative center of a region
rural community · small town · Main Street · town square · city hall · local government · incorporated · unincorporated · population · founding
Texas
Second-largest American state
- New JerseyMid-Atlantic coastal state
- TennesseeSixteenth state admitted
- MissouriMidwestern state, major river
Ontario · Georgia · Oklahoma · Arkansas · North Carolina · Mississippi · Kentucky · Indiana · Ohio · lake
Anytown
Generic fictional municipality
- fictionalNot real, invented
- placeholderTemporary position marker
- representativeOne who acts for another
typical · American · quintessential · heartland · ordinary · unremarkable · anonymous · interchangeable · common · ubiquitous
Smithvillemetropolis
Large important city
New York City · megalopolis · big city · megacity · Los Angeles
SmithvilleHollywood
American film industry center
Wall Street · Silicon Valley · Broadway · the bright lights · Park Avenue
SmithvilleParis
France's chief city
Hollywood · Las Vegas · Times Square · Manhattan · household name
smith, smiths, smithy, smithies, smithing, blacksmith, goldsmith, silversmith, locksmith