LOCAL GOVERNMENT

 

Smith County Local Government

Within Smith County there are three incorporated communities. As the county seat, Carthage is the center of local government and business activities and is the largest of the incorporated communities. South Carthage, which is located just across the Cumberland River from Carthage, developed primarily because of the railroad. Gordonsville, which encompasses the largest land area of the incorporated communities, is bisected by Interstate 40.

The incorporated communities of Carthage, South Carthage, and Gordonsville are governed by mayors and town councils. Smith County is governed by a county executive and a board of county commissioners. Each of the incorporated communities and Smith County have active planning commissions.


Smith County Board of Education  


Government Officers - Smith County (*denotes elected official)

Circuit Court Clerk* 
Myra Hardcastle  735-0500
Myra.Hardcastle@tscmail.state.tn.us

County Clerk * 
Cliffa Norris 735-9833

Election Commission
Charlene Bass 735-8241
smithelections@comcast.net

County Mayor * 
Michael Nesbitt 735-2294
mnesbitt@smithcounty.com
cgentry@smithcounty.com

Register of Deeds *
Jerri Lin Vaden
jlvaden@smithcounty.com

Tax Assessor * 
Terry Collins 735-1750
tcollins@smithcounty.com

Trustee *
Lee Ann Williams 735-8242

leeann@smithcounty.com

Veteran's Service 
735-1148
vetservice@smithcounty.com

Land Use Administrator 
Kevin Rush 735-3418
Kevin.Rush@smithcounty.com

Smith County Highway Department *   
Ralph Coble
200 JMZ Drive Gordonsville, TN 38563  683-3326
smithhwy@dtccom.net

Clerk and Master 
Diana Dillehay 
322 Justice Lane Carthage, TN 37030
Diana.dillehay@tn.courts.gov

Environmental Office
303 High Street Carthage, TN 37030 735-8247
mark.Webster@state.tn.us

Health Department 
251 Joy Alfred Way Carthage, TN 37030 735-0242
Frances.reece@state.tn.us

General Sessions Judge *
David Bass
322 Justice Lane Carthage, TN 37030 735-2286
judgebass@bellsouth.net

Smith Co. Sheriff's Dept. *
Steve Hopper
322 Justice Lane Carthage, TN 37030 735-2842
Steve.Hopper@smithcounty.com

Youth Services                           
Stephanie Smith
322 Justice Lane Carthage, TN 37030 735-2842

Smith Co. EMS
Ricky Slack
303 High Street Carthage, TN 37030 735-6232 / 0800
smithcountyems@smithcounty.com

Smith County Senior Citizens Center 
Pauline Gore Way Carthage, TN 37030 735-0560

Smith County Landfill
Roger Bradley
370 Kennedy Road Carthage, TN 37030 735-1941
rbradley@smithcounty.com

Smith County Industrial Board
Paul Hackett - Chairman
P.O. Box 70 – Carthage, TN 37030
615-735-2093
info@smithcountychamber.org

Joint Economic and Community Development Board
122 Turner High Circle
Carthage, TN 37030
615-735-2294
mnesbitt@smithcounty.com


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County Commissioners, Smith County:

District 1 - Pleasant Shade - Defeated - Difficult

Billy D. Halliburton
Rob Hord
Anthony Woodard

District 2 - Dixon Springs - Monoville - Tanglewood - Turkey Creed
Richard Brimm
Phillip Enoch
Billy Bass

District 3 - New Middleton - Brush Creek - Hickman
James K. Winfree
Carolyn Boles
Daniel D. Cripps

District 4 - Rock City - Rome
Jeffrey A. Winfree
Frank H. Gibbs
Shawn Cook

District 5 - Gordonsville - Lancaster - Hickman
Ron Cowan
Linda Nixon
Billy M. Woodard

District 6 - Carthage
Barbara Kannapel
Sabra Hodge
Chas Kent

District 7 - South Carthage
Tommy Bane
Joey Nixon
Ronnie Bussell

District 8 - Chestnut Mound - Elmwood  
Linda Dickens
Frank Woodard
David Gross

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County Offices

Circuit Court Clerk 
322 Justice Lane
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0500

Clerk & Master
322 Justice Lane
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2092
County Court Clerk 
Turner Building, 122 Turner High Circle
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-9833
County Executive
Turner Building, 122 Turner High Circle
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2294
Election Commission
Turner Building, 122 Turner High Circle
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-8241

Environmental Office
High Street
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-8247
General Sessions Judge
322 Justice Lane
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2286
Health Department
251 Joy Alford Way
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0242
Smith County Sheriff's Department 
322 Justice Lane
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2626
Smith County Landfill
370 Kennedy Road
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-1941
Register of Deeds 
Turner Building, 122 Turner High Circle
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-1760
Tax Assessor 
Turner Building, 122 Turner High Circle
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-1750
Trustee 
Turner Building, 122 Turner High Circle
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-8242
Veteran's Service
122 Turner High Circle
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-1148
Youth Services Officer
322 Justice Lane
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2842
Smith County Ambulance Service
515 Jefferson Avenue
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0800
Smith County Highway Department
200 J.M.Z. Drive
Gordonsville, TN 38563
(615) 683-3326
Smith County Senior Citizens Center
Pauline Gore Way
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0560

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Carthage City Offices

Town of Carthage 
Spring Street - P.O. Box 259
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-1881
Cartahgecityof@bellsouth.net
Council 
Council meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at 7 pm at the City Hall
Police Department
309 Spring Street
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2525
Fire Department
213 Spring Street
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0843
Filtration Plant
Upper Ferry Road
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-9392
Sewage Treatment Plant
216 1st Avenue West
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-1404
City Clerk
314 Spring Street
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-1881
Mayor 
Sabra Hodge

Vice Mayor 
LC Grisham

Councilman 
Phillip Brooks 
Pat Nixon 
Digger Poindexter
Nancy Woodard
Charles Waggoner

 

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Gordonsville City Offices

Town of Gordonsville 
City Hall, Main Street - P.O. Box 357
Gordonsville, TN 38563
(615) 683-8282
gordcity@dtccom.net
Council 
Council meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 6:15 pm at the City Hall
Fire Tower
121 Pig Branch Road
Gordonsville, TN 38563
(615) 683-6361
Police Department
63 Main Street East
Gordonsville, TN 38563
(615) 683-8282
(615) 683-6088
Sewage Treatment Plant
193 Blair Road
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0109
Mayor 
Milton Gibbs, Jr.

Councilman 
Homer Agee
Starla Pitt
David Blessman
Martha Geldreich
Barbara Vantrease

 

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South Carthage City Offices

Town of South Carthage
City Hall, 106 Main Street South
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2727
sccityhall@bellsouth.net
Council 
Council meetings are held the first Thursday of each month at 7 pm at the City Hall
Fire Department
City Hall, 106 Main Street
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2121
Police Department
City Hall, 106 Main Street
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2727
Mayor 
Jimmy Wheeler

Councilman  
Hollis Mullinax  
Terry Hunt
Grisham
Robert Hewitt
Christy Grisham

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State Offices

Smith County Agent's Office
USDA Building, 125 Gordonsville Hwy
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-2900
Tennessee Department of Workforce Development
Pauline Gore Way
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0377
Tennessee Forestry Division
939 Upper Ferry Road
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0300
Tennessee Department of Human & Children's Services
105 Eatherly Landing
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-9740
US Army Corps of Engineers
Cordell Hull Dam Site
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-1034
Natural Resources Conservation
125 Gordonsville Hwy
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-9884

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Federal Offices

National Guard Armory
100 Transport Drive
Gordonsville, TN 38563
(615) 683-6980

US Consolidated Farm Service Agency
125 Gordonsville Hwy
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-9880
National Guard Armory Recruit
PO Box 68
Gordonsville, TN 38563
(615) 683-8950
DOT Materials & Test
256 New Middleton Hwy 141
Brush Creek, TN 38547
(615) 683-8982
Investigation Bureau
Main Street
Carthage, TN 37030
(615) 735-0415

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SMITH COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
939 Upper Ferry Road
P.O. Box 70
Carthage, TN 37030
615-735-2093
info@smithcountychamber.org


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