Located 28 miles southeast of Raleigh, North Carolina's capital city, Smithfield is a classic Southern small town with just over 11,000 residents. The town was established on the banks of the Neuse River as the seat of Johnston County Government in 1777, making it one of the 10 oldest towns in the state.

Free Visitor Information Seven Days A Week offering free guides and information on area attractions, accommodations, restaurants, golf, and a wide variety of activities and special events.

The North Carolina Storytelling Guild (NCSG) serving the storytelling community, storytellers and storylistening audiences, storytelling events, tips, articles with links to storytellers web sites.

Kirby Gallery is the Person County sponsored art gallery located in Historic Uptown Roxboro, NC. Each month we feature a new exhibit of local and/or regional artist of all disciplines. This is also the home of the Art Guild of Person County.

The Hiddenite Center, Incorporated is a folklife and cultural arts educational and exhibition center located in Hiddenite, North Carolina.

The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame. The NSSA annual awards banquet are held each spring in Salisbury. The annual awards program honors the best sportscasters and sportswriters in every state and national sportscasters and sportswriters of the year. The program also inducts nationally recognized sports journalists, past and present, into its Hall of Fame.