THE SMITHVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Floodplains and Low Terraces setting.
Smithville city has 4.14 square miles of land in Bastrop County. Its Census reference point is in Floodplains and Low Terraces, within East Central Texas Plains.
The Post Oak Savanna's irregular plains form a transition between open prairie and the Piney Woods. Post oak, grassland and locally dense clay subsoils are characteristic regional elements.
Regional context: East Central Texas Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Smithville and Bastrop County
Smithville is associated with Bastrop County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Smithville by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Smithville, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.8% recorded for Bastrop County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Smithville city has 20.3% of the land area of nearby Rosanky CDP (20.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

