page_title: Smith County, Tennessee
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Smith County, Tennessee / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Fields and buildings near Gordonsville, Tennessee, United States.
context_page_description: Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,166. In the section 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.
context_section_description: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 325 square miles (840 km²), of which 314 square miles (810 km²) is land and 11 square miles (28 km²) (3.4%) is water. The county is located in a transition area between the rugged Highland Rim to the east and the flatter Nashville Basin to the west.  The Caney Fork has its confluence with the Cumberland River in Carthage; these are the primary waterways flowing through the county. Cordell Hull Dam on the Cumberland is located near Carthage.
caption: Houses and buildings near Gordonsville
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