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A total of 102,510 people went to the eighth day of the Iowa State Fair on Thursday. How does attendance at the 2024 Iowa State Fair compare to 2023? Attendance in 2024 was 1,035 people from 2023 ...
Fair skies and lower August temperatures keep attendance at the Iowa State Fair on a course to surpass the all-time record set in 2019, when 1,170,375 people attended the 11-day spectacle. So far ...
2024 officially holds the record for the highest turnout at the Iowa State Fair, with more than 1 million people visiting this year. Sunday attendance propels 2024 Iowa State Fair to a new all ...
The Iowa State Fair is an annual state fair held in Des Moines, Iowa, every August. It began in 1854 and has been held on the Iowa State Fairgrounds since 1886. It is based in the state capital Des Moines, Iowa over an 11 day period in August.
The city of Mounds View is located in the former Mounds View Township, which was organized in 1858. [8] In 1958, 100 years after Minnesota became a state, the village of Mounds View was incorporated. Post-World War II growth was partially fueled by the proximity of the Twin Cities Arsenal.
The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
The 2022 Iowa State Fair runs for 11 days, Thursday, Aug. 11 through Sunday, Aug. 21. Here's a look at how many people attended each day.
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009. [4] [5]