About Carter County Fair

Carter County occupies Tennessee's northeastern corner along the Appalachian Highlands, where the Watauga River and Watauga Lake, the historic Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area — site of the Overmountain Men's 1780 muster before the Battle of Kings Mountain — and the Appalachian Trail all define this mountain county's extraordinary heritage.

What to Expect

Livestock and agricultural competitions, 4-H and FFA exhibits, carnival rides, grandstand entertainment, and fair food celebrating Carter County's Appalachian heritage and mountain agricultural traditions.

Visitor Tips

Elizabethton is the Carter County seat. Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area chronicles the Overmountain Men who won a crucial Revolutionary War battle — a compelling complement to the mountain agricultural fair.

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