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Typical Month
September
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Duration
6 days
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Size
medium
About Union County Fair
The Union County Fair in El Dorado is a September fair in the "Oil Patch" of south Arkansas, celebrating the petroleum and natural gas heritage of a county that experienced one of the most dramatic oil booms in American history when oil was discovered at El Dorado in 1921 — turning a sleepy south Arkansas town into a roaring boomtown overnight.
What to Expect
Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, carnival rides, live entertainment, local food vendors, and a fair serving the oil industry workers and agricultural communities of Union County.
Visitor Tips
El Dorado is south Arkansas's oil capital — the Arkansas Oil and Brine Museum (documenting the 1921 oil boom), the South Arkansas Arts Center, and the historic downtown squares built on 1920s oil wealth make El Dorado one of Arkansas's most architecturally and historically rich small cities.
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