Editing Smithton, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
In approximately 1801, a mill, known as Smith's Mill, was built at the location which became Smithton Borough.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boucher |first1=John N. |title=History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1 |date=1906 |publisher=The Lewis Publishing Company |location=New York |page=224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=quEKAAAAYAAJ&q=smithton |access-date=27 August 2021}}</ref> The town was incorporated as a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] in 1901. Smithton's early industry was in coal mining, coke ovens, and the transportation of goods produced in the valley of [[Jacobs Creek (Pennsylvania)|Jacobs Creek]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Our Towns: Smithton |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2010/05/13/Our-towns-Smithton/stories/201005130355 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=May 13, 2010}}</ref>

By 1906, four schools were located at Smithton, with 4 teachers serving 144 students.<ref>{{cite book |title=Boucher op cit p. 425}}</ref>  William B. Jones (grandfather of [[Shirley Jones|actress Shirley Jones]]) founded The Jones Brewing Company at Smithton in 1907.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op cit}}</ref> The company brewed Stoney's Beer in Smithton until 2002, when the brewing operation was moved to [[Latrobe, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Stoney's Beer|url=http://www.stoneysbeer.com/stoneys-history.php|access-date=9 August 2011}}</ref>