About Warren County Fair

The Warren County Fair in Warrenton celebrates a Roanoke River Piedmont county with deep historical roots in North Carolina's tobacco economy and civil rights movement — Warren County became a center of the national environmental justice movement in 1982 when protests against a PCB landfill siting drew national attention to the disproportionate environmental burden placed on minority communities.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, tobacco heritage exhibits, local food vendors, and a community fair honoring the agricultural traditions and community resilience of this Roanoke River county.

Visitor Tips

Warrenton is a gracious antebellum county seat with a collection of historic buildings. Lake Gaston and Kerr Lake provide fishing and boating, and the county's tobacco heritage is visible in the landscape of cured tobacco barns and former auction warehouses.

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