Named in the favor of David Smith, a Revolutionary War major, Smith County was created in the year 1833 with an area of 637.27 sq mi. About 16.4K people with an enriched amalgamation of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 6K housing units and 4.5K families are found here. Raleigh forms the county seat and the largest city of the county.

The vast data storage of all ages is easily depicted from the Smith County records library with the information on land and estate data, last will or probate specifics, World War I and II information, marriage volume number, demise facts, obituary notice, burial and cemetery details, divorce decree information, census data, war and enlistment data, civil court case lookups, origin and birth details, American Civil War history, real estate and property facts, immigration and naturalization specifics and many more.