Smithville

Historical marker location:

Smithville, Oklahoma

( Marker is on U.S. 259, 1 mile north of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1995

Town's original name was Hatobi, but it was renamed in 1890. A nearby salt lick inspired the name of Big Lick Presbyterian Church, founded in the 1830s. The Folsom Training School was established here in the early 1920s.