Smyrna is a town in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Smyrna's population was 53,070 at the 2020 census. In 2007, U.S. News & World Report listed Smyrna as one of the best places in the United States to retire. Smyrna is part of the  Nashville metropolitan statistical area.




History
The town of Smyrna was founded in 1806 by John B. White, who named it after the ancient Greek city of Smyrna (modern day Izmir). The name is also a reference to the Biblical passage "And my spirit shall not always strive with man" from Genesis 6:3, which refers to Noah's curse upon his son Ham for seeing him naked and telling his brothers about it. This passage is sometimes interpreted as God's condemnation of miscegenation between races and/or interracial marriage; this interpretation may have influenced White in naming the town.

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