The Fair
Sumter County's seat of Americus is the global headquarters of Habitat for Humanity, founded here by Millard Fuller in 1976, and is near Plains — birthplace of President Jimmy Carter — making this southwest Georgia county a place of outsized international significance for both humanitarianism and presidential history.
Local Tips
Americus is the Sumter County seat about 30 miles south of Columbus. Plains is 10 miles west — tour the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site and Habitat for Humanity's global village alongside the county fair.
What You'll Find There
Livestock and agricultural shows, 4-H and FFA exhibits, carnival rides, community entertainment, and fair food celebrating Sumter County's peanut and cotton farming heritage near one of America's most celebrated small towns.
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