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Smithville, Tennessee

Smithville is a city in DeKalb County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 5,004 at the 2020 census,[7] up from 3,994 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of DeKalb County.[8] Smithville is home to the Smithville Fiddler's Jamboree, which it has hosted annually since 1972.[9]

Smithville, Tennessee

United States

Tennessee

DeKalb

1838[1]

1843[2]

Samuel Granville Smith, local politician[1]

Mayor-Aldermanic

5.85 sq mi (15.16 km2)

5.85 sq mi (15.16 km2)

0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)

1,037 ft (316 m)

5,004

854.80/sq mi (330.05/km2)

UTC-6 (Central (CST))

UTC-5 (CDT)

37166

615

47-69320[5]

1313778[6]

smithvillecityhall.com

In popular culture[edit]

Smithville is referred to by a local-boy Marine talking to a girl and pointing to labels on a map during a dance hall scene, 17 minutes into the 1949 World War II John Wayne film, Sands of Iwo Jima, where it is mentioned, apart from everybody in his family being related to much of Tennessee, as being famous for "corn tobacco" and "more fertilizer than any other place in the world".

Smithville Fiddler's Jamboree & Crafts Festival

Bluegrass music, old-time music

1972-present

100,000+

www.smithvilletn.com

— Major League Baseball pitcher

Bob Allen

— country music singer

John Anderson

— Tennessee state senator, mayor of Smithville for 16 years[17]

James Edgar Evins

— U.S. representative

Joe L. Evins

— country music singer; former resident[18]

Alan Jackson

— Major League Baseball Player, Cincinnati Reds, 1993

Greg Tubbs

— pioneering blues-rock guitar soloist lived close by for many years and died here

Lonnie Mack

— country music singer

Aaron Tippin

—American country music singer and songwriter

Dottie West

Dekalb County Courthouse in Smithville, Tennessee

Dekalb County Courthouse in Smithville, Tennessee

Smithville City Hall

Smithville City Hall

List of bluegrass music festivals

City of Smithville official website

City charter

Media related to Smithville, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons