/blog/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:35:59 +0000 Fall in Downtown Smithfield: Music, Markets, and Community Fun http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-downtown-smithfield-music-markets-and-community-fun/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-downtown-smithfield-music-markets-and-community-fun/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-downtown-smithfield-music-markets-and-community-fun/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:00:00 -0400


Downtown Smithfield is the place to be this fall! With crisp air rolling in and leaves turning golden along the Neuse River, the Downtown Smithfield Development Corporation and the Town of Smithfield

]]> Fun Fall Events & Activities http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-love-with-joco/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-love-with-joco/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/fall-in-love-with-joco/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:00:00 -0400


"And all at once, summer collapsed into fall." -Oscar Wilde

How well we know, especially in North Carolina, the quickness with which the dog days of summer give way to autumn's chill. Some of our

]]> The History of Benson Mule Days http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/benson-mule-days-celebrates-70-years/ http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/benson-mule-days-celebrates-70-years/#comments http://www.johnstoncountync.org/blog/post/benson-mule-days-celebrates-70-years/ Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:00:00 -0400


The small town of Benson, North Carolina, with a population of around 4000, will swell to approximately 20,000 come September 22-25, 2021 when the 73rd Annual Benson Mule Days Celebration, sponsored

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