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Smith County
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county in Texas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Founded
- July 1846
- Seat
- Tyler
- Largest city
- Tyler
- Total
- 950 sq mi (2,500 km )
- Land
- 921 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Water
- 28 sq mi (73 km ) 3.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 252,549
- Density
- 254/sq mi (97.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .smith-county .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Smith County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.