Highlights
Visitors can look forward to livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, local food vendors featuring Southside Virginia peanuts, and a community fair rooted in the agricultural traditions of the upper Appomattox River valley.
Dinwiddie County Fair Overview
The Dinwiddie County Fair near Petersburg is an October fair in the Appomattox River country of Southside Virginia, celebrating the peanut farming and livestock heritage of a county defined by its role in the final campaigns of the Civil War.
Good to Know
Dinwiddie County surrounds Petersburg, the site of the longest siege in American military history — the Petersburg National Battlefield, Pamplin Historical Park, and the Appomattox Ironworks are major nearby attractions.
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