162nd Brown County Fair - Georgetown, Ohio
"Brown Co. Fair- a county reunion"
September 23-28, 2013
The 162nd Brown County Fair
Admission
General Admission - Rides Free - $8
Exhibitors (Season Ticket) - $20
Senior Citizen (Thursday Only) - $3 (no rides)
Membership ( Adult County Resident Only) - $22
Jr. Fair Exhibitor - $2
Age 2 and under free admission (To ride rides must purchase from the ride company a $4.00 ride bracelet)
*Mechanical Rides All Day w/Season, Membership/Jr. Fair Ticket - $4
September 23-28, 2013
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2013 Fair book logo winners
Front cover "The Paging Booth at the Brown County Fair, a place for friends to meet." Drawn by Anna Turner of Sardinia, OH
One of two winners of the junior division of the fairbook contest. Drawn by Logan Klump of Ripley, Ohio
One of the two winners of the junior division of the fairbook contest. Drawn by Paige Fulton, Ripley, Ohio
Map & Directions
Parking & Shuttles
Fair Countdown
This year starts out with Tuesday evening entertainment that includes Chris Higbee and Darryl Worley and ends on Saturday with our Talent Show. I still can remember that young man from Chicago singing Opera to a stunned full house in the Danny Gray Building last year. It has been a very successful addition to the Brown Co. Fair. The Entertainment Schedule was completed by Bob Hardyman.
Check out the bulletin board on Route 32 near Eastwood Rd. going west on 32. Thanks to the sponsorship of Georgetown Equipment Super Store and Case IH. Top Pullers from all over the country will be at the Brown Co. Summer Nationals in 4 classes of N.T.P.A. sanction events. 1 night only! - June 29, 2013 - 7:00 PM
- In 1985, the first Cake Auction of champion cakes of Floral Hall....
- In 1972 the fair planned its first Demolition Derby for a Friday night event....
- In 1969 the Brown County Fair became a 5-day event lasting Tuesday through Saturday. ...
- In 1961 skydivers from Williamsburg, Ohio were hired to make nine jumps onto the fairgrounds for $125....
- In 1952 School Day was established with County Superintendent H.D. West, allowing school buses to bring students to the fair....
- In 1945 a Memorial Service for all men and women who lost their lives from Brown County in WW II....
- In 1923 at 3 o'clock each day all horse winners of any premium for that day paraded in the ring or forfeited their premiums. ...
- In 1939 the fair book boasted of the "Little State Fair" and so it has ever since....
- Today's center ring gazebo was erected sometime between 1902 and 1908....
- In 1988 with the elmination of the Sunday fair, the opening was held on Monday rather than Tuesday. The schools let out all week for the fair....
- In 1981 the Russellville Kiwanis Club sponsored Homing Pigeon races....
- In 1972 the fair planned its first Demolition Derby for a Friday night event....
- In 1967 was the first year the fair book cover contest was sponsored by the fair board....
- In 1965 a rule was set into place that no pop was to be sold in cans because of the danger of people slipping on them....
- In 1960 general admission prices were raised to $1.00....
- The 100th Brown County Fair was held in 1951....
- In 1931 single admission was $0.25...
- By 1925 or 1926 is was first heralded as the "Little State Fair"...
- In 1919 membership tickets were $2.00...
- In 1860 instead of tickets, a badge was issued to fairgoers to move in and out of the fair....
- In 1978 the Pork Producers began selling pork tenderlions sandwiches at the fair. They have sold over 1/2 million ternderlions....
- In 1965 some Preble County fair board members brought the makings of the first speed tractor pull to the Brown County Fair. The initial weight - A Tractor!...
- In 1979 the larger wooden grandstand burned three days after the close of the annual fair....
- In 1964, the small wooden grandstand which housed cattle underneath burned to the ground one week before the fair opened....
- The first Junior Fair Board was organized in the early 1960's by 4-H agent Ralph LaRue....
- In 1943, during World War II, a two-day Junior Fair was held in place of the county fair....
- In the 1920's and 1930's the Cincinnati Gas and Light Band would entertain from a stage in Floral Hall....
- Floral Hall houses over 4,000 exhibits of domestic arts, farm and garden produce, antiques, and creative arts during fair week....
- In 1853, approximately four acres were purchased at present location ...
- The fair was held late in the year because of harvesting and housing of tobacco....