Smith Creek (Woodbridge Township, New Jersey)

[2] It was named for John Smith, one of the group who in 1667 purchased the land parcel from Governor Philip Carteret that became Woodbridge.

[5] The creek is a "minor freshwater tributary" to Arthur Kill, with higher flows in the spring, and less in late summer and fall.

[6] Public Service Enterprise Group has a generating station 0.6 miles (0.97 km) north of the mouth of Smith Creek.

In 2013 "corrective action" was taken against the Hess Corporation, after selling the property, for soil and groundwater contamination, including arsenic, lead and benzene.

[8] An old reference states: Transatlantic sailing vessels once docked in Woodbridge, but silt from the clay pits converted Smith Creek into an inconsequential brook.