Maryland · Census place 2472900

Smithsburg, Maryland

Smithsburg is a town in Washington County, Maryland with an estimated 3,194 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 60th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,194
#60 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
+6.6%
+199 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
2,730 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Smithsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from Smithsburg

Smithsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Smithsburg added 199 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +32.

2,99520203,08620213,12620223,16220233,1942024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,996. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Smithsburg covers 1.17 square miles of land, for 2,730 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Smithsburg is close to the typical town.

What county Smithsburg is in

All of Smithsburg's residents live in Washington County, which had 157,228 residents in 2024. Smithsburg holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Smithsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Smithsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21783. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Smithsburg is

The Census internal point of Smithsburg is at 39.654700, -77.579900. Annapolis, the capital, is 74.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waynesboro, PA (11,101 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 57.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.654700, -77.579900
DMS
39°39'16.92"N 77°34'47.64"W
UTM
18N 278661.3E 4392614.7N
Geohash
dr0cdduj3
Plus code
87F4MC3C+V2

Daylight in Smithsburg

At 39.65° N, Smithsburg gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Smithsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Hagerstown, 7.7 miles away, with 43,909 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Smithsburg, MD?

3,194 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 199 (6.6%) from 2,995 in July 2020.

What county is Smithsburg in?

Washington County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Smithsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 21783.

How far is Smithsburg from Annapolis?

74.6 miles (120.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Smithsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Smithsburg?

Waynesboro, PA, with 11,101 residents, 6.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.