About Kemper County Fair

The Kemper County Fair in DeKalb is an August fair in the clay hills of east Mississippi near the Alabama border, celebrating the cattle and timber heritage of one of Mississippi's most rural and sparsely populated counties in the rolling red clay terrain of the Alabama border country.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, local food vendors, and a small community fair in the isolated red clay hills of Kemper County.

Visitor Tips

DeKalb is the Kemper County seat — Kemper County is home to the Gulfport-Kemper lignite coal deposits (one of the South's largest lignite resources) and preserves the quiet agricultural character of Mississippi's east-central hill country.

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