Smithboro, Illinois

About Smithboro

Smithboro, IL is a tiny community located in southern Illinois counting 151 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Smithboro is an incorporated village, one of the most intimate forms of local government in America. The community covers 0.93 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 162 residents per square mile.

📰 Smithboro News Today

• Jeff ‘Bodean’ Jackson wgel.com · May 12
• Bernice Marie (nee Haberer) Kovach Obituary Oct 19, 2025 Meridith Funeral Home, P.C. · Oct 19
• Judy Koontz | Obituaries# wgel.com · Jan 22
• Lawrence Watts (1942–2025) of Smithboro, IL | Obituary RiverBender.com · Aug 18
• Sara J. "Sadie" Wiesemeyer - View Obituary & Service Information - spengel-boulanger.com spengel-boulanger.com · Apr 16

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What Makes Smithboro Unique

• The only place in America named Smithboro — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in southern Illinois, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Illinois — one of 1,461 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 11 miles.

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