Smithland, IA

Smithland is a city in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 181 residents. Smithland is part of the Sioux City, IA–NE–SD Metropolitan Statistical Area. Smithland is one of the oldest settlements in Woodbury County. Smithland makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Smithland is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place. In 1857, clashes between settlers and Native Americans began at what is now Smithland which would afterward culminate in the Spirit Lake Massacre. Smithland is situated near the Little Sioux River, where the river valley courses through the Loess Hills on its way to the floodplain of the Missouri River.