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The Dakota County Fair began in 1858 when the Dakota County Agricultural Society was organized. Henry H. Sibley, the first governor of the state of Minnesota, was guest speaker at the first fair which was held in Nininger. The fair moved to Hastings, the county seat, and then to permanent grounds near Farmington in 1918. [1] [2]
The Minnesota State Fair was named the best state fair in the United States in 2015 by readers of USA Today. [5] The fair runs for twelve days from late August into early September, ending on Labor Day. Around two million people attend the fair annually. [6] Attendance in 2019 was a record 2,126,551 people. [7] The highest daily attendance in ...
Hastings (/ ˈ h eɪ s t ɪ ŋ z / HAY-stingz) [5] is a city mostly in Dakota County, Minnesota, of which it is the county seat, with a portion in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. [6] It is near the confluence of the Mississippi , Vermillion, and St. Croix Rivers .
Minnesota State Fair attendance rebounded to 1.8 million this year, with many fairgoers returning after skipping last year's event due to COVID-19. This year's 12-day extravaganza fell short of ...
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The fair covers the variety of Minnesota life, including fine art, science, agriculture, food preparation, 4-H displays, music, the midway, and corporate merchandising. It is known for its displays of seed art, butter sculptures of dairy princesses, the birthing barn, and the "fattest pig" competition. In September 1927, John Philip Sousa and ...
The Fairgrounds is the largest in area with 360 acres (1.5 km 2) versus 300 for the next largest: The Minnesota State Fairgrounds. It also hosts the largest county fair attendance in the state, with average attendance now at 125,000 annually. Farmington is a suburb of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area and is largely of residential development.