Smyrna Tennessee Map

About Smyrna, Tennessee

Smyrna is a locality in Carroll County, Tennessee, United States. It has a population of 53,070. The population density is 620.4 people per km². Smyrna is located at 35.9675°N, 86.5253°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Smyrna is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 38549, 38344, 37110.

Smyrna occupies a quiet expanse of Middle Tennessee where the land transitions from the gentle, agrarian swells of the basin into a landscape defined by the persistent, rhythmic presence of Bell Creek. It lies 15.5 miles northeast of Smith, TN (from Smith, TN: bearing 49°T), and is situated 6.2 miles east-southeast of Huntingdon. The air here holds a peculiar weight at dusk, a cooling stillness that settles over the fields and softens the hard edges of the industrial corridors that have slowly claimed the horizon. To the north, the distant outline of Marshall Hill provides a faint, dark anchor against the sky, while the nearby Natchez Trace State Forest & Wildlife Management Area offers a dense, tangled reprieve of timber and earth that feels largely untouched by the hum of modern transit. The soil is heavy and deep, holding the memory of long, humid summers, and the light often turns a bruised, golden hue as it catches the low-lying moisture rising from the surrounding plains.

Smyrna emerged from a slow, deliberate history of farming and rail, evolving into a place where the mechanical precision of assembly lines now hums in tandem with the slower pace of suburban life. The local economy relies heavily on this industrial legacy, with vast warehouses and logistics hubs acting as the current lifeblood of a locality that once drew its vitality solely from the productivity of the earth. While the quietude of rural life persists in the outlying pockets, the everyday rhythm is dictated by the steady flow of commerce and the transition of labor. Life in Smyrna moves with a pragmatic, unadorned efficiency, yet there remains a lingering devotion to the stillness found in the deeper woods or along the quiet stretches of creek bank, where the modern world momentarily yields to the enduring character of the land.

About This Smyrna Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Smyrna, Tennessee. Coordinates: 35.967533, -86.525348. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Smyrna includes the ZIP code (38549, 38344, 37110), telephone area code (615), county seat of Carroll County (Huntingdon), and school district assignment (Rutherford County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.