SR 10 Business continues north across the Pagan River and passes by the Smithfield Foods factory before leaving the town.

Before 1619, Ensign Washer, Captain Nathaniel Basse and Giles Jones received patents for land along the Pagan River.

Mallory Todd started shipping the prized hams from his smokehouse on the Pagan River to the West Indies and Bermuda, one invoice shows, as early as 1779.

The river bearing this name was renamed Pagan River.

Larger tributaries draining to the tidal portion include the Appomattox River, Chickahominy River, Warwick River, Pagan River, and the Nansemond River.

Smithfield, first colonized in 1634, is located on the Pagan River, not far from Jamestown.

That same year, the Environmental Protection Agency fined Smithfield $12.6 million after its processing plants in Virginia violated the Clean Water Act by discharging pollutants into the Pagan River.

The manor house overlooks the junction of Cypress Creek and the Pagan River.

The business route joins SR 10 Business on Church Street; the two highways parallel the Pagan River to its junction with Cypress Creek and provide access to Windsor Castle.

(The Environmental Protection Agency fined the company $12.6 million in 1996 after its processing plants in Virginia discharged pollutants into the Pagan River.)