About Esmeralda County Fair

The Esmeralda County Fair in Goldfield celebrates one of America's least populous counties — a vast expanse of Nevada desert where the early 20th-century gold rush created one of the West's most spectacular boomtowns before Goldfield's population collapsed from 20,000 to a few hundred, leaving behind grand stone buildings in a ghost town county seat.

What to Expect

Expect a small community gathering with local exhibits, rodeo events, and the tight-knit spirit of one of the most remote and sparsely populated counties in the continental United States.

Visitor Tips

Goldfield's historic downtown — including the 1908 Goldfield Hotel — is a remarkably intact early-20th-century boomtown. The International Car Forest of the Last Church near Goldfield is a surreal art installation of cars buried nose-first in the desert.

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