About McMinn County Fair

McMinn County is historically significant as the site of the 1946 "Battle of Athens" — when WWII veterans overthrew a corrupt local political machine in an armed election-day confrontation that became the only successful armed revolt against a U.S. government since the Civil War — in an East Tennessee community now anchored by Tennessee Wesleyan University and the Cherokee National Forest.

What to Expect

Livestock and agricultural competitions, 4-H and FFA exhibits, carnival rides, grandstand entertainment, and fair food celebrating McMinn County's East Tennessee agricultural heritage and extraordinary civic history.

Visitor Tips

Athens is the McMinn County seat on US-11 between Knoxville and Chattanooga. The 1946 Battle of Athens is documented at the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum — a fascinating piece of American democratic history.

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