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The State Fair of West Virginia is an annual state fair for West Virginia, United States. It is held annually in mid-August on the State Fairgrounds in Lewisburg. This year's State Fair is scheduled for 8-17 August 2024. The State Fairgrounds consists of a large open park for carnivals and exhibition, grandstands, and several exhibition buildings.
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]
West Virginia State Forests [1] Forest County Area Accommodations Historical Interest Swimming Gift Shop Lakes Boat Rentals Acres Hectares Cabins Camping Cabwaylingo: Wayne: 8,125 [1] 3,288 14 21 Calvin Price: Greenbrier Pocahontas: 9,482 [1] 3,837 Camp Creek: Mercer: 5,397 [1] 2,184 Coopers Rock: Monongalia Preston: 12,747 [2] 5,159 50 [3 ...
Sedalia is an unincorporated community in McClellan District, Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States. The community is located along Robinson Fork, a tributary of McElroy Creek . [ 2 ] Its former post office [ 3 ] is now closed.
Initially developed as a state forest in 1926. One of West Virginia's first CCC camps was established here in 1933. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it contains the 11-acre (4 ha) Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP. [124] [196] [198] [199] Watters Smith Memorial
Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located on 8,005 acres (32.40 km 2) [2] eight miles (13 km) south of Augusta off Augusta-Ford Hill Road (County Route 7) in Hampshire County, West Virginia. Short Mountain WMA is owned by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources .
Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and other presidents have given speeches on the fairgrounds, though not during the State Fair. In 1974, the Missouri State Fairgrounds was the site of the Ozark Music Festival, one of the largest but least remembered major music festivals of the 1970s. While the plan was for the pop/rock/bluegrass festival's ...
Greenbrier State Forest is a 5,133-acre (21 km 2) [1] state forest between Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Greenbrier State Forest is located on Harts Run, a tributary of Howard Creek, and contains historic Kate's Mountain (3,330 feet/1,015 m). Greenbrier State Forest features 13 miles (21 ...