Smiley was established in the early 1870s, when trader and sheepherder John Smiley settled by a long, narrow lake that became known as Smiley's, Smileys, or Smiley Lake. Smiley is the birthplace of Thomas Durwood Manford Jr., lawyer and politician from the State of Texas.
- CountyGonzales County
- Population475 (2020 U.S. Census)














