Local lore in Smithville, Duluth, Minnesota

• A labor college ran here for thirty-four years. Work People's College operated in Smithville from 1907 to 1941, politically close to the Industrial Workers of the World, and the main building later became apartments.
• Bardon Peak is officially in the neighborhood. The city's map places the Skyline Parkway overlook, one of the best river-valley views in Duluth, inside Smithville's boundaries.
• Most of the neighborhood is hillside. The official boundary reaches up to the ridge, so a large share of its area is wooded slope rather than buildable ground.
• Nobody has an apartment, statistically. The tract reports zero housing units in structures of five or more, one of only two such readings in this guide.
• Cloquet is a real alternative. At about eighteen minutes southwest it is a comparable drive to West Duluth, and plenty of households here shop in Carlton County instead.
• It is the quietest place in this guide. Smithville's 4.8 quiet rating is the highest we record, and the reason is simple: nothing passes through.

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