Smithland is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers.

[3] Smithland is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[4] It was built as an inn for travelers, on the south bank of the confluence of the Cumberland and Ohio rivers.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2), all land.

28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.