South Carthage, Tennessee

South Carthage population, 2020 to 2024

South Carthage added 98 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.6%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

South Carthage covers 2.56 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 619 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so South Carthage is less dense than the typical town.

What county South Carthage is in

All of South Carthage's residents live in Smith County, which had 20,783 residents in 2024. South Carthage holds 7.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Carthage

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Carthage by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 37030. 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 South Carthage is

The Census internal point of South Carthage is at 36.239700, -85.957500. Nashville, the capital, is 46.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carthage, TN (2,266 people), 1.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Murfreesboro, TN, 37.2 miles away.

Daylight in South Carthage

At 36.24° N, South Carthage gets about 14 h 38 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 41 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Carthage

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Carthage, 1.4 miles away, with 2,266 people.