Spend your days exploring historic sites, sampling small-batch spirits, and snapping photos with the town’s beloved pig statues—a nod to Smithfield’s famous ham. Here’s how to make the most of your ...

Isle of Wight County Museum in Smithfield celebrated its pet ham's 116 birthday on July 7 with cake, balloons and gift wrapped boxes.Pembroke Decatur Gwaltney, Jr., the man who put Smithfield ham ...

A Virginia law states that only ham made within the "corporate limits of the town" of Smithfield can be called Smithfield Ham: "Genuine Smithfield hams are hereby defined to be hams processed ...

Since colonial days, Virginians have been curing and smoking hams. It’s very much a part of our heritage. The colonists learned the technique from the Indians who smoked fish and dried deer meat.

Smithfield Foods is closing the last smokehouse that creates the genuine Smithfield ham — the signature product of a Virginia town of 8,300 people.

SMITHFIELD, Va. — When you think of Smithfield, you probably think of bacon, pork, or ham. But what about the town itself? "It's the best place to be," said Jim Abict, the owner of The Christmas ...

Isle of Wight County Museum in Smithfield celebrated its pet ham's 116 birthday on July 7 with cake, balloons and gift wrapped boxes.Pembroke Decatur Gwaltney, Jr., the man who put Smithfield ham ...