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Welcome to Smart ...

Smart is located in Floyd County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Smart, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Smart is 2,440 feet [744 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Smart is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Smart: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Smart ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Smart - it's located in Manitoba.

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

Communities near Smart ...

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

  • Christiansburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Rocky Mount
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Stuart
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Floyd
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Boones Mill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Haycock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Haycock is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
  • Poff
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Poff is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poff
  • Charity
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Charity is located in Patrick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
  • Simpsons
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Simpsons is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
  • Dodson
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dodson is located in Patrick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smart ...

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

Adding Smart to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Smart in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Smart was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Smart post office opened in 1900. The Smart post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Smart.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Floyd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Smart - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Smart area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Smart area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/