Heating Oil Delivery & HVAC Service in Exeter, RI
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Land in Open Space Program
Ski Resort in Rhode Island
Rhode Island’s rural reserve, with the state’s only ski resort
Exeter is the largest town in our service area by land area and the smallest by population density. Incorporated on March 8, 1742 by partition from North Kingstown, the town stretches 58 square miles from the Connecticut border in the west to the North Kingstown line in the east. Nearly 40 percent of the town is enrolled in Rhode Island’s Farm, Forest, and Open Space Program. Yawgoo Valley is the only ski resort in the state. SmithCo has delivered oil and serviced heating equipment from our Wakefield headquarters out to Exeter’s farms, woodland homes, and historic mill hamlets for our full 40 years.
A scatter of tiny villages across 58 square miles
Exeter never consolidated around one or two big villages. Instead, dozens of small mill hamlets, farm clusters, and historic settlements remain dotted across the town.
Exeter Hill
The original civic center. The 1742 town site that gave the town its name. Located along Ten Rod Road in the central part of town.
Yawgoo
Southeastern village home to Yawgoo Valley Ski Area, the only ski resort in Rhode Island. Year-round outdoor recreation site.
Fisherville
Historic and archaeological district along the Queen River. 19th-century mill village remnants and surviving period homes.
Hallville
Historic and archaeological district near the Wood River. Former mill settlement with surviving structures from the 1800s.
Millville
Former mill village in the western part of town. Now mostly rural-residential with scattered woodland properties.
Pine Hill & Lawtonville
Small historic hamlets in the central and northern parts of town. Mostly rural lots with historic farmhouses and woodland homes.
Liberty
Tiny crossroads village named in 1856. Quiet residential streets surrounded by farmland and conservation areas.
Browningville & Arcadia
Western Exeter hamlets near the Arcadia Management Area. Hunting and fishing camps, scattered rural homes, and conservation land.
Working farm, woodland retreat, or newer rural subdivision
Exeter housing maps to the town’s character. Each profile gets a slightly different approach when we service or install equipment.
Active Farms & Historic Farmhouses
Working farms across Exeter’s 11 percent of farmland and the historic farmhouses that came with them. Larger tanks, longer driveways, and outbuildings that may also need heat. Multi-generation customer relationships are typical.
Larger tank installs, multi-building heating, automatic delivery for remote rural addresses
Woodland Homes & Camps
Houses tucked into the forested 50 percent of Exeter, often on dirt roads near Arcadia Management Area or alongside the Queen and Wood Rivers. Some are year-round, others are part-time recreation properties.
Will-call delivery, seasonal start-ups, route-aware service for hard-to-reach addresses
Larger-Lot Subdivisions
Newer rural subdivisions built on 2 to 5 acre lots, especially along Ten Rod Road and South County Trail. Modern oil-fired equipment with current tank setups.
Annual tune-ups, automatic delivery setup, service plan accounts for newer equipment
Landmarks every Exeter resident knows
If any of these are part of your daily life, your address is well inside our service footprint.
Yawgoo Valley
Rhode Island’s only ski resort. A small ski hill in the winter and a golf course plus water park in the summer. The cultural anchor of southeast Exeter.
Arcadia Management Area
The largest state-owned recreational area in Rhode Island spans across Exeter, Richmond, and West Greenwich. Hiking, hunting, fishing, and kayaking on thousands of acres.
Tomaquag Museum
The only museum in Rhode Island dedicated to the history and culture of Native American peoples. A regional cultural and educational destination.
Queen River
The river that gave the area its early importance for mills and farming. Still defines Exeter’s central landscape and ecology.
Ten Rod Road
The historic east-west route across Exeter (Route 102), designated a state Scenic Roadway. The spine of the town and gateway to Exeter Hill.
Queens Fort
Historic colonial-era fortification site dating to King Philip’s War. One of Exeter’s earliest documented landmarks and a state-recognized historical site.
Full menu, rural routes, daily service
Every service we offer is available across all of Exeter’s hamlets and rural roads. The 58 square miles of inland geography do not slow our routes down.
Heating Oil Delivery
Automatic, will-call, and same-day delivery. Our trucks run daily routes from Wakefield up through Exeter’s villages and out to woodland addresses near the Arcadia Management Area.
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Heating Installations
Boilers, furnaces, water heaters, oil tanks. Working farms get larger tank installs and multi-building setups. Woodland homes get terrain-appropriate equipment recommendations.
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Heating Repair
Boiler and furnace repair across all Exeter hamlets. The inland USDA zone 6b winters hit harder than coastal South County. We staff for the Exeter cold-snap call surges.
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Annual Tune-Ups
Full 12-task tune-ups for boilers and furnaces. Many of our long-term Exeter customers have had us tune their system every fall for 15 to 25 consecutive years.
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Service Plans
Annual tune-ups, parts coverage on 50+ components, priority dispatch, and loyalty credits toward replacement. Especially valuable for woodland homes that can be hard to reach in storms.
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Emergency Service
No-heat emergencies in Exeter’s cold inland winters get a live dispatcher and a fast truck. Our drivers know the dirt roads and woodland routes that newer dealers struggle with.
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Stephen and his crew have been excellent to us since we bought our home in South County. Reliable delivery, fair pricing, and they actually answer the phone when something goes wrong.
Jim Shorts
Beyond proximity, here is what keeps the relationships
Largest Town, Same Routes
58 square miles is a lot of ground to cover. We have spent 40 years building daily delivery routes that reach every corner of Exeter, from the CT border to the NK line.
Inland Cold Snap Ready
Exeter sits in USDA zone 6b while the coastal towns sit in 7a. The temperature difference matters. We staff and stock for the colder inland Exeter call patterns.
Farm & Woodland Routes
Long driveways, dirt roads, multi-building farms, and woodland camps near Arcadia. Our drivers know the routes that newer dealers struggle with.
Same Family, Three Generations
Stephen Smith founded SmithCo in 1985. His sons David and Kevin run it today. Local family-owned company, not a regional fuel chain with an inland satellite office.
Set up an account or confirm coverage at your address
Whether you own a working farm on Ten Rod Road, a woodland home near Arcadia, or a newer subdivision house off South County Trail, the easiest way to get started is to call. We will confirm coverage at your address in under a minute.
Looking at neighboring towns? See North Kingstown, Richmond, or all 19 South County towns we serve.
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