Welcome to Smithers ...The city of Smithers is primarily located in Fayette County<1>. A portion of Smithers extends into Kanawha County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Smithers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Smithers has a population of 737 people<2> (see below for details). Smithers is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Smithers lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Smithers: 304 & 681<4> The ZIP code for Smithers: 25186<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Smithers had an population of 737 people. This is a decrease of 9.35% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 18.47% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Smithers had a population of 813 people. This makes Smithers the county's 6th most populous community. The population of Smithers represents 0.04% of the total population of West Virginia (which has 1,852,994 people), making it the state's 128th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 813 people, the population of Smithers decreased 10.07% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 904 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Smithers. Communities Also Named Smithers ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Smithers - it's located in British Columbia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Smithers. Communities near Smithers ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Smithers.
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 Smithers. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Smithers. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Smithers. 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 Smithers. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Smithers. See our Newspapers Page for Smithers. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Smithers ...Looking for more information about Smithers? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Smithers, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Smithers. Adding Smithers to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Smithers 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 Smithers was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Smithers. Footnotes ...
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