Local Tips
Bushnell is the Sumter County seat near The Villages — Dade Battlefield Historic State Park (site of the opening battle of the Second Seminole War), Withlacoochee State Forest, and the Green Swamp wilderness preserve are all nearby.
The Fair
Bushnell is home to the Sumter County Fair, which is a ten-day early-March fair in the heart of Florida's retirement country, serving the agricultural communities of one of the nation's fastest-growing counties home to The Villages.
What You'll Find There
Highlights include livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, carnival rides, live entertainment, and local food vendors in a county that has seen extraordinary demographic change while maintaining agricultural roots.
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