162nd Brown County Fair - Georgetown, Ohio
"Brown Co. Fair- a county reunion"
September 23-28, 2013
Fair Information
2013 Brown County Summer Nationals
Brown County Summer Nationals
4 Grand National Classes
1 Night Only
June 29, 2013 - 7:00 PM
Brown County Fair Truck & Tractor Pulls
The Brown County Fair will have 4 nights of Championship Truck & Tractor Pulls. These events will start on Wednesday and last through Saturday the last night of the fair. Each night will have 4 or 5 classes of pulling action. It is adrenaline, power and excitement in an event that the entire family can enjoy.
If anyone has any questions contact: Bob Neal (chair) at (937) 378-6509 Fair Board Office (937) 378 - 3558 Or Fax (937) 378 - 1361 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wednesday @ 7:00 p.m.
- 9300 lb. Super Farm Tractors
- 4WD Modified Trucks
- 4WD Open Trucks
- OMTPA Modified Tractors
- 5200 lb. Economy Hotrod Tractors
Thursday @ 7:00 p.m.
- Light Pro Stock
- 5800 lb. Super Stock 2WD Truck
- 10,000 lb. Pro Stock Tractor
- 7500 lb. Open Diesel Trucks - must have all approved safety equipment
- 10,500 lb. Pro Stock Tractor
Friday @ 7:00 p.m.
- 8000 lb. Super Stock Tractor (Open)
- Buckeye Modified 2WD Trucks
- 8000 lb. Super Stock Tractor (Diesel Only)
- 9000 lb. Super Stock Tractor (Open)
Saturday @ 7:00 p.m.
- 6300 lb. Modified Tractor
- 6200 lb. Super Stock Tractor
- 7500 lb. Modified Tractor
- 6200 lb. 2WD Open Truck
Fair Fact:
- 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....