Pump House / Fair Land History

The PUMP HOUSE, a concrete block building, was constructed in the late 1960s to house the fair’s main water pump. We now have seven wells, and the old pump house holds a manifold that enables us to use all or only some of the wells at any given time.

Around 1966, the central part of the LAND THAT THE FAIR IS LOCATED ON was purchased from the Tackets family. This was approximately 100 acres and included the present-day museum, a barn, and a silo. This was necessitated because the fairgrounds were located in Youngsville on Island Park, which was partially unusable, and Route 6 cut through, creating safety concerns.

The Tackets farm was purchased so that the county would still have a fairgrounds in this area. In the 1990s, 50 acres (The Anderson Farm) across Barton Run Road were purchased for parking and primitive camping.

In the mid-1990s, an additional one-acre parcel was purchased with an old house. This land is directly north of the handicapped parking lot near the office.

Two separate locations were purchased from Mrs. Spear in 2016 and 2019. This is where the new Fairview camping area is now, along with the parking areas used for vendors and housing the Draft Horses and their rigs on the day of the Horse Pulls in the KeyBank Pavilion. The fairgrounds now encompass an area of almost 160 acres.

Want to learn more about the history of the Warren County Fair? Visit us at the Fair Museum to pick up a Scavenger Hunt sheet for a chance to win one of many raffle baskets!