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((Short description|County in Texas, United States))
((distinguish|Deaf Smith County, Texas))
((Use mdy dates|date=December 2021))
((Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Smith County
 | state                = Texas
 | seal                 = Smith County tx seal.png
 | founded              = July 1846
 | seat wl              = Tyler
 | largest city wl      = Tyler
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 950
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 921
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 28
 | area percentage      = 3.0
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 233479
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | ex image             = File:Tyler May 2016 35 (Smith County Courthouse).jpg
 | ex image size        = 200
 | ex image cap         = Smith County Courthouse in Tyler
 | web                  = www.smith-county.com 
 | time zone            = Central
 | district             = 1st
 | population_est       = 237186
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2021
))

'''Smith County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States Census|2020 census]], its population was 233,479.<ref>((Cite web|title=Smith County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48423|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022))</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]].<ref name="GR6">((cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties))</ref> Smith County is named for [[James Smith (Texas General)|James Smith]], a general during the [[Texas Revolution]].

Smith County is part of the [[Tyler metropolitan area|Tyler metropolitan statistical area]] and the [[Tyler–Jacksonville combined statistical area]].

== History ==
((More citations needed|section|date=April 2022))
[[Image:Wall of Memories, Tyler, TX IMG 0472.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Smith County veterans display, the Wall of Memories, in Tyler Plaza]]
[[Image:Confederate memorial, Smith County, TX IMG 0477.JPG|200px|thumb|right|[[Confederate States of America]] memorial in Tyler Plaza]]
[[Image:Korean War Veterans Memorial, Tyler, TX IMG 0491.JPG|200px|thumb|right|[[Korean War]] Memorial in Tyler Plaza]]
For thousands of years, indigenous peoples occupied this area of present-day Texas. The first known inhabitants of the area now known as Smith County were the [[Caddo]] Indians, who were recorded here until 1819. That year, a band of [[Cherokee]], led by their chief, "The Bowl" (also known as Chief Bowles), migrated from Georgia and settled in what are now Smith and Rusk counties.<ref>((cite book|last=Clarke|first=Mary Whatley|title=Chief Bowles and the Texas Cherokees: A History|year=1971|page=17))</ref> The Treaty of Bowles Village on February 23, 1836, between the [[Republic of Texas]] and the Cherokee and 12 affiliated tribes, gave all of Smith and Cherokee counties, as well as parts of western Rusk County, southern Gregg (formed from Rusk County in 1873) and southeastern Van Zandt counties to the tribes.<ref>((cite book|last=Winfrey|first=Day|title=Indian Papers of Texas, Volume I: Treaty between Texas and the Cherokee Indians|year=1825–1916|pages=14–17))</ref>

Native Americans remained on these lands until the [[Texas-Indian Wars|Cherokee War]] in the summer of 1839, as part of European-American conflicts with Native Americans in Texas. The Cherokee were driven out of Smith County. In this period, Cherokee and other Native American nations were forced from the Southeast United States to west of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory during [[Indian Removal]].

After 1845, some Cherokee returned when Benjamin Franklin Thompson, a white man married to a Cherokee, purchased 10,000 acres of land in Rusk County and allowed them to settle. The [[Mount Tabor Indian Community]] developed here,<ref>((cite book|last=Pynes|first=Patrick|title=Historic Origins of the Mount Tabor Indian Community: Northern Arizona University|year=2007|pages=74))</ref> some six miles south of present-day Kilgore. The community later grew and incorporated areas near Overton, Arp, and [[Troup, Texas]].

In July 1846, Smith County separated from the Nacogdoches District and was named for James Smith, a general of the Texas Revolution. At this time, Tyler was designated as the county seat.<ref>((cite web|last=Texas State Historical Association Online|title=Smith County|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcs11|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=May 7, 2012))</ref>

Camp Fanin, a World War II US army replacement training facility, was located in the area known as Owentown, northeast of Tyler along US Hwy 271. Many of its original buildings still exist.

During the American Civil War, [[Camp Ford]] was the largest Confederate prisoner-of-war camp west of the Mississippi River. Here, Sheriff Jim Reed of Collin County and Judge McReynolds, former chief justice of the district, were seized and lynched by "Regulators".

The original site of the camp stockade is now a public historic park owned by Smith County, as such it is exempted from making any County property tax contribution, and is managed by the Smith County Historical Society. The park contains a kiosk, a paved trail, interpretive signage, a cabin reconstruction, and a picnic area. To date, it has never been the site of a paid venue, nor public event. It is located on Highway 271, 0.8 miles north of Loop 323.

===20th century to present===
The Smith County Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was founded in 1959 by individuals and business firms dedicated to discovering, collecting, and preserving data, records, and other items relating to the history of Smith County. More information can be found at the Smith County Historical Society Website.<ref>((cite web|url=http://smithcountyhistoricalsociety.org |title=To discover, collect and preserve the history of Smith County |publisher=Smith County Historical Society |access-date=2015-08-15))</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of ((convert|950|sqmi)), of which ((convert|921|sqmi)) are land and ((convert|28|sqmi)) (3.0%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">((cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 10, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files))</ref>

The county infrastructure includes some ((convert|1180|mi|km)) of two-lane county road.

===Major highways===
((div col))
* [[Image:I-20 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 20 in Texas|Interstate 20]]
* [[Image:US 69.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 69 in Texas|U.S. Highway 69]]
* [[Image:US 80.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 80 in Texas|U.S. Highway 80]]
* [[Image:US 271.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 271 in Texas|U.S. Highway 271]]
* [[Image:Texas 31.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 31|State Highway 31]]
* [[Image:Texas 57.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 57|State Highway 57]]
* [[Image:Texas 64.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 64|State Highway 64]]
* [[Image:Texas 110.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 110|State Highway 110]]
* [[Image:Texas 135.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 135|State Highway 135]]
* [[Image:Texas 155.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 155|State Highway 155]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 49.svg|20px]] [[Image:Toll Texas 49 new.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway Loop 49|Loop 49]]
* [[Image:Texas Loop 323.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway Loop 323|Loop 323]]
((div col end))

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Wood County, Texas|Wood County]] (north)
* [[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur County]] (northeast)
* [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg County]] (east)
* [[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk County]] (southeast)
* [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee County]] (south)
* [[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]] (southwest)
* [[Van Zandt County, Texas|Van Zandt County]] (northwest)

=== Communities ===

==== Cities ====
((div col))
* [[Arp, Texas|Arp]]
* [[Hideaway, Texas|Hideaway]]
* [[Lindale, Texas|Lindale]]
* [[New Chapel Hill, Texas|New Chapel Hill]]
* [[Noonday, Texas|Noonday]]
* [[Overton, Texas|Overton]] (mostly in [[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk County]])
* [[Troup, Texas|Troup]] (small part in [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee County]])
* [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]] (county seat)
* [[Whitehouse, Texas|Whitehouse]]
((div col end))

==== Towns ====
* [[Bullard, Texas|Bullard]] (small part in [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee County]])
* [[Winona, Texas|Winona]]

==== Census-designated place ====
* [[Emerald Bay, Texas|Emerald Bay]]

==== Unincorporated communities ====
((div col|colwidth=12em))
* [[Antioch, Smith County, Texas|Antioch]]
* [[Bascom, Texas|Bascom]]
* [[Blackjack, Smith County, Texas|Blackjack]]
* [[Bostick, Texas|Bostick]]
* [[Browning, Texas|Browning]]
* [[Carroll, Texas|Carroll]]
* [[Copeland, Texas|Copeland]]
* [[Dogwood City, Texas|Dogwood City]]
* [[Elberta, Texas|Elberta]]
* [[Flint, Texas|Flint]]
* [[Garden Valley, Texas|Garden Valley]]
* [[Gresham, Texas|Gresham]]
* [[Jamestown, Texas|Jamestown]]
* [[Lee Spring, Texas|Lee Spring]]
* [[Midway, Smith County, Texas|Midway]]
* [[Mount Sylvan, Texas|Mount Sylvan]]
* [[New Harmony, Texas|New Harmony]]
* [[New Hope, Smith County, Texas|New Hope]]
* [[Omen, Texas|Omen]]
* [[Owentown, Texas|Owentown]]
* [[Pine Springs, Smith County, Texas|Pine Springs]]
* [[Pine Trail Estates, Texas|Pine Trail Estates]]
* [[Red Springs, Texas|Red Springs]]
* Salem
* [[Sand Flat, Smith County, Texas|Sand Flat]]
* [[Shady Grove, Smith County, Texas|Shady Grove]]
* [[Sinclair City, Texas|Sinclair City]]
* [[Starrville, Texas|Starrville]]
* [[Swan, Texas|Swan]]
* [[Teaselville, Texas|Teaselville]]
* [[Thedford, Texas|Thedford]]
* [[Walnut Grove, Smith County, Texas|Walnut Grove]]
* [[Waters Bluff, Texas|Waters Bluff]]
* [[Wood Springs, Texas|Wood Springs]]
* [[Wright City, Texas|Wright City]]
((div col end))

==== Ghost towns ====
* [[Burning Bush Colony|Burning Bush]]
* [[Douglas, Texas|Douglas]]
* [[Utica, Texas|Utica]]

==Demographics==
((US Census population
|1850= 4292
|1860= 13392
|1870= 16532
|1880= 21863
|1890= 28324
|1900= 37370
|1910= 41746
|1920= 46769
|1930= 53123
|1940= 69090
|1950= 74701
|1960= 86350
|1970= 97096
|1980= 128366
|1990= 151309
|2000= 174706
|2010= 209714
|2020= 233479
|estyear=2022
|estimate=241757
|estref=<ref name="World Population Review">((cite web |url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-counties/tx/smith-county-population |title=Smith County, Texas Population 2022 |publisher=World Population Review |access-date=July 7, 2022))</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">((cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=))</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>((cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=May 10, 2015))</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
))

{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Demographic Profile of Smith County, Texas'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>((Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Smith County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48423&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]))</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>((Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Smith County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48423&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]))</ref>
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|130,246
|134,452
|62.11%
|57.59%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|37,195
|38,003
|17.74%
|16.28%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|734
|746
|0.35%
|0.32%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|2,550
|4,129
|1.22%
|1.77%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|63
|77
|0.03%
|0.03%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|225
|695
|0.11%
|0.30%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|2,613
|8,096
|1.25%
|3.47%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|36,088
|47,281
|17.21%
|20.25%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''209,714'''
|'''233,479'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

In the [[2010 United States census|2010 U.S. census]], Smith County had a population of 209,714, up from its 1850 population of 4,292.<ref name="2010CensusP2" /> By the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population increased to 233,479.<ref name="2020CensusP2" /> Among its population in 2010, the racial and ethnic makeup was 62.11% [[Non-Hispanic whites|non-Hispanic white]], 17.74% [[African Americans|Black or African American]], 0.35% [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] or [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]], 1.22% [[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone, 0.03% [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] or other [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]], 0.11% some other race, 3.47% [[Multiracial Americans|multiracial]], and 17.21% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race. In 2020, its racial and ethnic makeup was 57.59% non-Hispanic white, 16.28% Black or African American, 0.32% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.77% Asian alone, 0.03% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 0.30% some other race, 3.47% multiracial and 20.25% Hispanic or Latino of any race; 2020's census statistics reflected state and nationwide demographic trends of greater diversification within the U.S. overall.<ref>((Cite web |last=Frey |first=William H. |date=2020-07-01 |title=The nation is diversifying even faster than predicted, according to new census data |url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-census-data-shows-the-nation-is-diversifying-even-faster-than-predicted/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=Brookings |language=en-US))</ref><ref>((Cite web |date=2021-08-12 |title=America is becoming more urban, more diverse and less white, 2020 Census reveals |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/america-is-becoming-more-urban-more-diverse-and-less-white-2020-census-reveals |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=PBS NewsHour |language=en-us))</ref>

At the 2021 [[American Community Survey]], Smith County had a median household income of $63,115; its mean household income was $86,661.<ref>((Cite web |title=S1901 INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2021 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) - 2021: ACS 1-Year Estimates - Smith County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Smith%20County,%20Texas%20median%20income |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date=July 1, 2021))</ref> Among the owner-occupied housing units of the county, the median value was $169,600, and there was a median real estate tax of $2,634.<ref>((Cite web |title=S2506 FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR HOUSING UNITS WITH A MORTGAGE - 2021: ACS 1-Year Estimates - Smith County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Smith%20County,%20Texas%20median%20income&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S2506|date=July 1, 2021))</ref> Owner-occupied housing units without a mortgage had a median value of $173,700 and median real estate tax of $2,203.<ref>((Cite web |title=S2507 FINANCIAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR HOUSING UNITS WITHOUT A MORTGAGE - 2021: ACS 1-Year Estimates - Smith County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Smith%20County,%20Texas%20median%20income&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S2507 |date=July 1, 2021|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]))</ref> Throughout the county, an estimated 12.51% of the population lived at or below the poverty line.<ref>((Cite web |title=S1701 POVERTY STATUS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS- 2021: ACS 1-Year Estimates - Smith County, Texas |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Smith%20County,%20Texas%20poverty|date=July 1, 2021 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]))</ref>

==Politics==
Conservative Whites in Smith County began to ally with the Republican Party in 1952, also making it one of three East Texas counties, along with [[Panola County, Texas|Panola]] and [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg]], to vote for [[Barry Goldwater]] in [[United States presidential election in Texas, 1964|1964]], when native son Democratic President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] won re-election. At that time, most Blacks and Latinos in the county were still disenfranchised due to the state's discriminatory use of certain barriers.<ref>[https://www.laits.utexas.edu/txp_media/html/vce/0503.html "5.3 Historical Barriers to Voting"], ''Texas Politics'', University of Texas website, 2018</ref> The last Democrat to carry Smith County was incumbent President [[Harry S. Truman]] in 1948.<ref>The Political Graveyard; [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/SM-votes.html Smith County, Texas]</ref> No Democrat has gained 30% of the county's vote in the past six elections. The last Democrat to gain more than 40% was [[Jimmy Carter]] from Georgia in 1976.

((PresHead|place=Smith County, Texas|source=<ref>((cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|first=David|last=Leip|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=4 April 2018))</ref>))
<!-- PresRow should be ((PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State)) -->
((PresRow|2020|Republican|69,080|29,615|1,639|Texas))
((PresRow|2016|Republican|58,930|22,300|3,538|Texas))
((PresRow|2012|Republican|57,331|21,456|814|Texas))
((PresRow|2008|Republican|55,187|23,726|648|Texas))
((PresRow|2004|Republican|53,392|19,970|302|Texas))
((PresRow|2000|Republican|43,320|16,470|834|Texas))
((PresRow|1996|Republican|32,171|18,265|3,207|Texas))
((PresRow|1992|Republican|27,753|17,514|13,739|Texas))
((PresRow|1988|Republican|34,658|18,719|215|Texas))
((PresRow|1984|Republican|40,740|15,227|152|Texas))
((PresRow|1980|Republican|28,236|14,838|626|Texas))
((PresRow|1976|Republican|22,238|16,856|181|Texas))
((PresRow|1972|Republican|23,671|8,041|115|Texas))
((PresRow|1968|Republican|12,079|8,897|9,595|Texas))
((PresRow|1964|Republican|12,960|12,474|38|Texas))
((PresRow|1960|Republican|12,042|8,494|285|Texas))
((PresRow|1956|Republican|12,255|6,468|69|Texas))
((PresRow|1952|Republican|10,947|8,450|13|Texas))
((PresRow|1948|Democratic|3,181|6,473|1,655|Texas))
((PresRow|1944|Democratic|936|6,671|1,931|Texas))
((PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,557|9,410|8|Texas))
((PresRow|1936|Democratic|660|7,116|12|Texas))
((PresRow|1932|Democratic|750|7,424|27|Texas))
((PresRow|1928|Republican|3,493|2,343|0|Texas))
((PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,079|4,473|171|Texas))
((PresRow|1920|Democratic|707|2,965|1,001|Texas))
((PresRow|1916|Democratic|773|2,422|286|Texas))
((PresFoot|1912|Democratic|485|1,936|827|Texas))

Smith County is represented in the Texas House of Representatives by [[Matt Schaefer]] (R) of Tyler and the Texas Senate by Senator [[Bryan Hughes (politician)|Bryan Hughes]] (R). Its U.S. Representative is [[Nathaniel Moran]] (R).

==Government and infrastructure==
The county is governed by a Commissioners Court, made up of four members elected from [[single-member districts]] and a county judge elected [[at-large]].

Smith County ranks 10th in the State of Texas for road miles. The county has 1,170 miles – about the distance from Tyler, Texas to Paradise, Nevada &ndash; of roads it maintains. The Smith County Road & Bridge Department maintains the county's bridges and roads, including mowing the rights of way.

The $39.5 million Smith County Road Bond passed with 73% of the vote on November 7, 2017. The issuance of bonds was for road and bridge construction and major improvements. Road work around the county is well underway. For a list of road projects in the two-phase, six-year bond program, visit www.smith-county.com.

===Officials===
Twenty-eight elected officials serve Smith County citizens (county auditor is not an elected position):

{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:auto; font-size:95%;"
|+
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! [[Official]]
! Function
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|County judge
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|County administration (as presiding member of the commissioners court) and judicial jurisdiction
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|Commissioners (four, one per precinct)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|County administration (commissioners court)
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|Sheriff
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|Security and law enforcement
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|District attorney
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|Law enforcement and criminal prosecution
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|Constables (five, one per precinct)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|Law enforcement
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|Justices of the peace (five, one per precinct)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|Judicial/legal jurisdiction
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| District clerk
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| Judicial support to district courts
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| County clerk
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| Clerk of record for the county
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"| County tax assessor-collector
 |  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"| Collector of property taxes and special fees
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| County treasurer
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| County's chief banker
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| County court at law judges (three)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| Judicial/Legal jurisdiction
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| District judges (four)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| Judicial/legal jurisdiction
|}

==Education==
These school districts serve school-aged children in Smith County:
* [[Arp Independent School District]]
* [[Bullard Independent School District]] (also partially in [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee County]])
* [[Chapel Hill Independent School District (Smith County, Texas)|Chapel Hill Independent School District]]
* [[Gladewater Independent School District]] (also partially in [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg County]] and [[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur County]])
* [[Lindale Independent School District]] (also partially in [[Van Zandt County, Texas|Van Zandt County]])
* [[Troup Independent School District]] (also partially in Cherokee County)
* [[Tyler Independent School District]]
* [[Van Independent School District]] (also partially in Van Zandt County)
* [[Whitehouse Independent School District]]
* [[Winona Independent School District]]

Those wishing to attend institutions of higher learning in the area can attend:
* [[Tyler Junior College]]
* [[Texas College]]
* [[University of Texas at Tyler]]

==Media==
Smith County is part of the [[Tyler, Texas|Tyler]]/[[Longview, Texas|Longview]]/[[Jacksonville, Texas|Jacksonville]] DMA. Local media outlets are: [[KLTV-TV|KLTV]], [[KTRE-TV]], [[KYTX-TV]], [[KFXK-TV]], [[KCEB-TV]], and [[KETK-TV]].

[[KTBB (AM)|KTBB]], an AM radio station based in Tyler, provides a news-talk format to the area.

The daily ''[[Tyler Morning Telegraph]]'' is the primary newspaper in the county, based in Tyler. Coverage of the area can also be found in the ''[[Longview News-Journal]]'', published in [[Longview, Texas|Longview]], in Gregg County.

==See also==
((Portal|Texas))
* [[Caldwell Zoo]]
* [[Carnegie History Center (Tyler, Texas)|Carnegie History Center]]
* [[Cotton Belt Depot Train Museum]]
* [[Goodman-LeGrand House]]
* [[List of museums in East Texas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Smith County, Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Sabine-Travis)#Smith County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Smith County]]
* [[Texas Rose Festival]]
* [[Tyler Museum of Art]]
* [[Whitaker-McClendon House]]

==References==
((reflist|30em))

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041128035006/http://www.co.smith.tx.us/ Smith County official website]
* [http://www.smithcountyhistoricalsociety.org Smith County Historical Society]

((Geographic location
|Centre    = Smith County, Texas
|North     = [[Wood County, Texas|Wood County]]
|Northeast = [[Upshur County, Texas|Upshur County]]
|East      = [[Gregg County, Texas|Gregg County]]
|Southeast = [[Rusk County, Texas|Rusk County]]
|South     = [[Cherokee County, Texas|Cherokee County]]
|Southwest = [[Henderson County, Texas|Henderson County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Van Zandt County, Texas|Van Zandt County]]
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