Status Active Country United States Genre Agricultural show | Frequency Annually | |
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Ends Thursday after Labor Day Venue Fulton County Fairgrounds | ||
Fulton county fair vlog
The Fulton County Fair is located in Dover Township, Fulton County on Ohio State Route 108, just north the Ohio Turnpike Exit 34 near Wauseon. It is the second largest County Fair in Ohio.
Contents
- Fulton county fair vlog
- History
- Attendance
- 911 Memorial
- Year Round
- Fair Week
- Fair officers and officials
- References
History
The first Fulton County Fair took place in 1858.
Attendance
Weekly fair attendance broke 100,000 in 1972, and in 2014, the 157th fair, attendance was 298,346.
Daily attendance during busy days can more than double the county's population of about 40,000 to over 100,000 people.
9/11 Memorial
Featured on the fairgrounds is the Fulton County 9-11 Memorial, which displays a 3600-pound steel I-beam from Ground Zero. The beam arrived in 2011 and the same year, design of the memorial began. Work began in 2013 and is now complete.
Year-Round
Traditional events that the fairgrounds hosts annually include an MCC auction to fund humanitarian relief by the Mennonite church, the National Threshers Association Renunion, the Crosley Car Owners Club National Meet, the Antique Motorcycle Club of America Show & Race.
Fair Week
Fair Week traditionally begins in Fulton County on Labor Day weekend, and features popular music celebrities, tractor pulling, a demolition derby, harness racing, 4-H exhibits, livestock shows, show barns with pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, llamas, chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys, and carnival games on the midway.
Fair officers and officials
As of 2016, the fair officials are as follows: