Isle of Wight County is a county in the Hampton Roads region of the U.S. state of Virginia. It is named after the Isle of Wight, England, south of the Solent, from where many of its early colonists ha
Isle of Wight Courthouse and Confederate Monument (removed May 8, 2021).
The 1750 courthouse on Main Street in Smithfield.
The 1752 tavern on Main Street, now operated as the Smithfield Inn.
Boykin's Tavern, next to the 1800 courthouse.
Smithfield, Virginia
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Smithfield is a town in Isle of Wight County, in the South Hampton Roads subregion of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, United States. The population was 8,533 at the 2020 census.
Isle of Wight County, Virginia
…American inhabitants, the Warrosquyoack or Warraskoyak. They were a tribe of the Powhatan Confederacy, who had three villages in the area of modern Smithfield. Before 1619, Ensign Thomas Washer, Captain Nathaniel Basse and Giles Jones received patents for land along the Pagan River. Captain Christopher Lawne…
Main Street, Smithfield
Water tower in Smithfield, displaying the motto of "ham, history & hospitality"
The Isle of Wight County Museum holds P.D. Gwaltney Jr.'s "pet ham". It is thought to be the world's oldest ham, having been cured in 1902.
Isle of Wight County Museum