sentences:  At the time of the 2000 census, it was still a census-designated place (CDP), and its population was 21,756.The area that incorporated as Smiths Station in 2001 was much smaller than the CDP, and contained a population of 4,926 by the 2010 census.Smiths Station, known to locals as "Smiths", is a bedroom community of Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama.