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Smithville

Ghost town · Montgomery County, Kentucky

Mount Sterling quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Mount Sterling quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Smithville is a ghost town in Montgomery County, Kentucky. It is one of 15 former communities in Montgomery County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Smithville as a historical populated place on the Mount Sterling topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.0858° N, 83.9298° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMount Sterling
Elevation967 ft
Nearest living townMount Sterling, KY
Distance to it1.7 miles
GNIS feature ID2491644
Coordinates38.08576, -83.92979

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What's there now

Smithville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mount Sterling, KY (population 7,549), about 1.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 967 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Smithville?

Smithville is in Montgomery County, Kentucky, at 38.0858, -83.9298.

How many ghost towns are in Montgomery County?

Montgomery County, Kentucky has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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