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Visiting Smith County. About Smith County; Cities in Smith County; School Districts and Colleges
Smith County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 233,479. Its county seat is Tyler. Smith County is named for James Smith, a general during the Texas Revolution. Smith County is part of the Tyler metropolitan statistical area and the Tyler–Jacksonville combined statistical area.
Smith County Government. County government plays an important part in the history of County residents as we provide services throughout their lives by recording births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, providing health care to indigents, certifying deaths and probating wills of the deceased.
The County Clerk is the Local Registrar for Smith County, providing Birth and Death Records when the event occurred outside the city limits of Tyler. In "Striving for Excellence" in everything we do, this office has set our standards high with an emphasis on:
Smith County is located in northeastern Texas fifty-eight miles from the eastern state boundary. It is bordered by the Neches River and Henderson and Van Zandt counties on the west, Cherokee County on the south, Rusk and Upshur counties on the east, and the Sabine River and Upshur and Wood counties on the north.
In 2022, Smith County, TX had a population of 235k people with a median age of 37.2 and a median household income of $69,053. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Smith County, TX grew from 231,429 to 234,667, a 1.4% increase and its median household income grew from $62,518 to $69,053, a 10.5% increase.
Located in the Southeast corner of Smith County and Northeast Cherokee Counties,Troup is located approximately 120 miles east of the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, 100 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana, and 100 miles north of Houston.
