Smyrna, Tennessee

Smyrna, Tennessee
Smyrna, Tennessee
Town
	Smyrna Town Hall, July 2014
	Location of Smyrna in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
	Coordinates: 35°58′46″N 86°31′16″W / 35.97944°N 86.52111°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Rutherford
Founded	1855
Incorporated	1869
Named for	Ancient Smyrna
Area
• Total	34.01 sq mi (88.09 km2)
• Land	33.91 sq mi (87.83 km2)
• Water	0.10 sq mi (0.26 km2)
Elevation	545 ft (166 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	53,070
• Density	1,564.98/sq mi (604.24/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	37167
Area code	615
FIPS code	47-69420
GNIS feature ID	1270735
Website	Town of Smyrna

Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Smyrna's population was 53,070 at the 2020 census,^[6] making it the largest town in Tennessee by population in that census. In 2007, U.S. News & World Report listed Smyrna as one of the best places in the United States to retire.^[7] Smyrna is part of the Nashville metropolitan statistical area.

^ ^a ^b Walter Hoover, "Footprints in the Mud and Dust at Smyrna, Tennessee," 1982. Retrieved: February 7, 2013.
^ Tennessee Blue Book 2021-2022 (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. 2021. pp. 870–874. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Smyrna (Town) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau". Archived from the original on March 4, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
^ Emily Brandon (September 20, 2007). "Best Places to Retire: Smyrna, Tennessee". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved February 10, 2013.