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| Name | Smith |
| Alt names | Smith | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 36.267°N 85.95°W |
| Located in | Tennessee, United States (1799 - ) |
| See also | Cannon, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | DeKalb, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Jackson, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Macon, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Overton, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Sumner, Tennessee, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Trousdale, Tennessee, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Smith County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,166. Smith County is located in the region of the state known as Middle Tennessee. Its county seat is Carthage. The county was organized in 1799 and is named for Daniel Smith, a Revolutionary War veteran who made the first map of Tennessee and served as a United States senator .
Smith County is part of the Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1799 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1799 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1801 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1805 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1881 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1800 | 4,294
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| 1810 | 11,649
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| 1820 | 17,580
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| 1830 | 19,906
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| 1840 | 21,179
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| 1850 | 18,412
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| 1860 | 16,357
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| 1870 | 15,994
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| 1880 | 17,799
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| 1890 | 18,404
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| 1900 | 19,026
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| 1910 | 18,548
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| 1920 | 17,134
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| 1930 | 15,473
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| 1940 | 16,148
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| 1950 | 14,098
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| 1960 | 12,059
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| 1970 | 12,509
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| 1980 | 14,935
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| 1990 | 14,143
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Smith County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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