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Welcome to Smile ...

Smile is located in Rowan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smile, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Smile is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Smile lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Smile: 606

Communities near Smile ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Smile.

  • Morehead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Flemingsburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Owingsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Olive Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Salt Lick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lakeview Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
  • Plummers Landing
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Plummers Landing is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummers Landing
  • Brady
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Brady is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brady
  • Farmville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Farmville is located in Fleming County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmville
  • Gates
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Gates is located in Rowan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gates

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Smile. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Smile.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Smile. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Smile.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Smile. See our Newspapers Page for Smile.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smile ...

Looking for more information about Smile? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Smile, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Smile.

Adding Smile to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Smile in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Smile was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Smile post office opened in 1913. The Smile post office closed in 1975.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smile.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Rowan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smile - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/