THE SMITHFIELD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Permian Hills setting.
Smithfield town has 0.29 square miles of land in Wetzel County. Its Census reference point is in Permian Hills, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Smithfield and Wetzel County
Smithfield is associated with Wetzel 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.
Smithfield by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Smithfield, or 1.7% of its total area. It is 0.8 percentage points higher than the 0.9% recorded for Wetzel County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Smithfield town has 19.7% of the land area of nearby Jacksonburg CDP (1.48 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

