Wayne County Fairgrounds

Wayne County Fairgrounds

Type	Fairs; Fairgrounds
Industry	Public Administration; Recreation; Agriculture
Fate	Active
Headquarters	199 Vanover St., Wooster, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	1

Wayne County Fairgrounds Buildings & Structures

Art Hall Building Horse Racetrack

Junior Fair Dairy Building (1937) Poultry Barn (1908)

Racehorse Barn 20 Racehorse Barn 21

Round Barn Swine Barn (1912)

Locations

• 199 Vanover St., Wooster, Ohio 44691
• 408 N. Bever St., Wooster, Ohio 44691

Slogans

• 2015 - "Ohio's Foremost Agricultural Fair"

Timeline

• 1849 - Wayne County Agricultural Society privately organized a fairgrounds in Wayne County. Location in the area north of McIntire Funeral Home between Buckeye St. and Bever St.. The midway was where the Herman Freedlander/William Older house stands at 408 N. Bever St.
• 1862 - March 31, New fair location, Quinby Ave. just north of the old high school.
• 1870 - New fair location, Branstetter Crossing a mile and a half west of Wooster, Ohio
• 1887 - Present fair location

Gallery

Business Photos

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  "Going Up...", Daily Record, 7 September 1978, p.13.

Newspaper articles

Newspaper ads

1917

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Newspaper citations with no attached images

• September 02, 2011: "Bits And Pieces: A History of the Wayne County Fair" by Ann Gasbarre, The Daily Record, p. 123.

What Links Here

• Lerch's Donuts ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Board of Trade ‎ (← links)
• Wayne County Fair ‎ (← links)
• File:Fair WR19170104p2.png ‎ (← links)
• Wooster Youth Baseball Inc ‎ (← links)
• Wayne County Agricultural Society ‎ (← links)
• Portal:Business/Agriculture ‎ (← links)
• Jean's Bakery ‎ (← links)
• File:Fair-grandstand-DR-1978-09-07.jpg ‎ (← links)
• File:Fairgrounds WCD 26Aug1869 p3.jpeg ‎ (← links)
• File:Page 2 of Wayne County Democrat,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, June 28th, 1911.jpeg ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoFairAss-SanbornMaps1911.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoFairGrounds-SanbornMaps1923.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoFairgrounds-SanbornMaps1930.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:WayneCoFairgrounds-SanbornMaps1930-1945.PNG ‎ (← links)
• File:Rotunda1.JPG ‎ (← links)
• Wayne County Fair Timeline ‎ (← links)
• Newspaper clipping:Fairgrounds WCD 26Aug1869 p3 - Wayne County Democrat August 26 1869 ‎ (← links)
• Newspaper clipping:Page 2 of Wayne County Democrat,published in Wooster, Ohio on Wednesday, June 28th, 1911 - Wayne County Democrat June 28 1911 ‎ (← links)
• Newspaper clipping:Fair-grandstand-DR-1978-09-07 - The Daily Record September 7 1978 ‎ (← links)
• Newspaper article:Fair WR19170104p2 - Wooster Republican January 4 1917 ‎ (← links)
• Buckeye Agricultural Museum and Education Center ‎ (← links)
• Wayne County Ohio - History of ‎ (← links)
• Newspaper article:Fair WR19170104p2 - Wooster Daily Republican January 4 1917 ‎ (← links)

External Links

Wayne County, Ohio Fair