Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Smithfield, UT

Smithfield is a city in Cache County, Utah, in the Cache Valley of northern Utah, and the second-largest city in the Logan metropolitan area after Logan, the county seat.

Originally known as Summit Creek, it was founded in 1857 by brothers Robert and John Thornley and their cousin Seth Langton, sent north from Salt Lake City by Brigham Young to settle on Summit Creek.

The first winter was spent in a wagon box, and a small fort was built on the edge of the creek the next summer, one cabin of which remains.

The settlement took the name Smithfield for John Glover Smith, named bishop to lead the church congregation.

The Smithfield Tabernacle was completed in December 1902, and by 1917 the town had planted trees along both sides of Main Street and acquired a Carnegie library and a Rotary club.

For many years the town depended on dairying, a Del Monte canning factory, and the sugar beet industry, and it is now essentially a bedroom community for Logan and Utah State University.

The 2020 census counted 13,571 residents, up 42.9 percent from 9,495 in 2010, with 4,009 households and 4,112 housing units and a median age of 29.1 years.

Smithfield covers 5.35 square miles, all land, at an elevation of 4,636 feet.

The city is nicknamed "Smithy" and its motto is "Utah's Health City."

Smithfield is home to Sky View High School and three public elementary schools: Birch Creek, Summit, and Sunrise.