About Clay County Fair

The Clay County Fair in Hayesville celebrates one of North Carolina's smallest mountain counties on the Georgia border, where the Hiwassee River and Chatuge Lake define a scenic landscape of ridges, valleys, and small farming communities that have maintained their Appalachian heritage through generations.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H competitions, mountain crafts, local food vendors, and the genuine small-mountain-county community spirit of one of North Carolina's quietest corners.

Visitor Tips

Hayesville is a small mountain town on Lake Chatuge — a TVA reservoir on the Hiwassee River straddling the NC-Georgia border. The Peacock Playhouse community theater is a local institution, and the surrounding Nantahala National Forest provides hiking, fishing, and whitewater paddling.

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