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Smithville is a town in Lawrence County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 73 at the 2000 census. ==History== Euro-American settlers first came to the area of Smithville in 1808. Smithville became the county seat of modern day Lawrence County in 1837. The county seat was later moved to Powhatan in 1869, after the Civil War. This was done in part to take advantage of riverboat commerce along Black River. Smithville is also the nearest town for the final shoot-out between law enforcement and the infamous tax fugitive Gordon Kahl on June 2, 1983, in which Lawrence County Sheriff Gene Matthews was also killed. Smithville lies a few miles south of the actual shootout location. Smithville sits at the crossroads for Western Lawrence County, with Highway 117 running east to Black Rock and southwest to Strawberry. Highway 115 runs north to Imboden (and thus connects to US 412) and southward to Cave City in Sharp County. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Smithville, Arkansas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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