Main Street Baptist Church was founded in 1881 by Rev. Jacob Jordan, a Smithfield resident and member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, sent by the Emmanuel congregation to organize a church for a group that had been meeting for prayer and…

Founded in 1976, the Isle of Wight County 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…