county fair
noun
: a fair usually held annually at a set location in a county especially to exhibit local agricultural products and livestock
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The History of Lane Cake It was born in the late 19th century in Columbus, Georgia, when Americus native Emma Rylander Lane baked it for a county fair and won first place.
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
America is your neighbors volunteering to run local elections or joining the PTA or helping out with a Main Street parade or a county fair or a town-wide fish fry.
—Billy Ray, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Her father had bought it at the county fair; the vender, mistaking it for yet another replica Native ceremonial mask, had all but given it away.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Over the years, Larson said, the agricultural society has sunk its own funds into upgrading the barn to be suitable for county fair exhibitions.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 17 Dec. 2025
America is your neighbors volunteering to run local elections or joining the PTA or helping out with a Main Street parade or a county fair or a town-wide fish fry.
—Billy Ray, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
Her father had bought it at the county fair; the vender, mistaking it for yet another replica Native ceremonial mask, had all but given it away.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
Over the years, Larson said, the agricultural society has sunk its own funds into upgrading the barn to be suitable for county fair exhibitions.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
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“County fair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/county%20fair. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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