Smithville

• Official Name — Smithville, Georgia • Settlement Type — City • Mapsize — 250px • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — United States • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Georgia • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — Lee • Established Date2 — 1863 • Unit Pref — Imperial • Area Total Km2 — 6.59 • Area Land Km2 — 6.59 • Area Water Km2 — 0.00 • Area Total Sq Mi — 2.54 • Area Land Sq Mi — 2.54 • Area Water Sq Mi — 0.00 • Population As Of — 2020 • Population Total — 593 • Population Density Km2 — 89.98 • Population Density Sq Mi — 233.10 • Timezone — Eastern (EST) • Utc Offset — -5 • Timezone Dst — EDT • Utc Offset Dst — -4 • Elevation M — 100 • Elevation Ft — 328 • Postal Code Type — ZIP code • Postal Code — 31787 • Area Code — 229 • Blank Name — FIPS code • Blank Info — 13-71464 • Blank1 Name — GNIS feature ID • Blank1 Info — 0356540 • Website — https: cityofsmithvillegeorgia.org/

A post office was established at Smithville in 1871. The community was named after the local Smith family. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Smithville as a town in 1863. The Morgan Farm is located near Smithville, and is a late-19th century historic, rural African American farmstead recognized as a Centennial Farm (1995) by the state of Georgia, and listed as on the National Register of Historic Places (1998).

Smithville is located in northwestern Lee County at (31.902073, -84.255336). It is bordered to the north by the Sumter County line. U.S. Route 19 runs through the west side of the city, leading south 12 mi to Leesburg, the Lee county seat, and north 13 mi to Americus. Georgia State Route 118 passes through the center of Smithville, leading east 12 mi to Leslie and southwest 14 mi to Dawson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.5 km2, all of it recorded as land. Muckaloochee Creek forms the northeast border of the city. The creek is a south-flowing tributary of Muckalee Creek and part of the Flint River watershed.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 593 people, 239 households, and 143 families residing in the city.

Public schools are operated by the Lee County School District. Students are zoned to Lee County High School.

• John Batts (1814–1878), planter and politician • Bessie Jones (1902–1984), gospel and folk singer • Bill McAfee (1907–1958), baseball player and mayor • Tampa Red (1904–1981), also known as Hudson Woodbridge, Chicago blues and hokum musician in Blues Hall of Fame • William J. Sears (1874–1944), congressman, from Florida • Ja'Lia Taylor (born 1989) first woman to run for mayor of Smithville, academia, social justice activist

• Illustration — Dismuke Public Safety Building, houses the Smithville Police Department • Illustration — Smithville Post Office