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Welcome to Smithwick ...

Smithwick is located in Hill Country.

Smithwick is located in Burnet County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smithwick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Smithwick is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Smithwick lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Smithwick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Smithwick - they are located in Georgia, North Carolina and South Dakota.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smithwick.

Communities near Smithwick ...

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

  • Cedar Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Leander
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Leander is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leander
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 70,519 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leander <3>
  • Lakeway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lago Vista
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Marble Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Burnet
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Granite Shoals
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Horseshoe Bay
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Liberty Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • The Hills
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • The Hills is located in Travis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,456 people

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 Smithwick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Smithwick.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Smithwick. 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 Smithwick.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smithwick ...

Looking for more information about Smithwick? 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 Smithwick, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Smithwick.

Adding Smithwick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Smithwick 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 Smithwick was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smithwick.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Burnet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smithwick - 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.