Founded in 1976, the museum tells the story of the county through its interactive exhibits including a turn-of-the-century country store as well as displays interpreting colonial history, the Smithfield ham industry, the Blackwater River, the Civil War and the Cold…

Stepping inside this classic country store and smokehouse is like taking a step back in time. Darden’s has been in operation since 1952 and is still run as a family business, selling homemade sausage, ham, cheese, peanuts, and lots more….

In addition to being a Retail Butcher Shop, Jeb’s cures and smokes all of their meat and sausages, and 14 of their products that carry the Virginia’s Finest Designation, and Jeb’s is a USDA Inspected Meat Processing Facility.