THE SMITH COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Outer Nashville Basin setting.
Smith County has 314.3 square miles of land in Tennessee. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Smith County: Outer Nashville Basin, Inner Nashville Basin.
Open hills, irregular plains and tablelands are developed on limestone and other sedimentary rocks. Oak-hickory woodland, local prairie and cedar-glade settings contribute to this diverse inland plateau.
Regional context: Interior Plateau ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Smith County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Outer Nashville Basin96.7%
- Inner Nashville Basin3.3%
Finding your parcel within Smith County
The atlas lists 4 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Smith County, including Gordonsville, Carthage, South Carthage. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Smith County by land and water
The Census records 11.1 square miles of water within Smith County, or 3.4% of its total area. That share is close to Smith County’s 3.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Smith County has 108.3 times the land area of nearby Carthage town (2.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets DeKalb County, Jackson County, Macon County, Putnam County, Trousdale County, Wilson County within Tennessee. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

