Troy Homecoming, an Old Fashioned Community Festival

Troy Homecoming, an Old Fashioned Community Festival

This homecoming is not a high school dance (though you could dance to live music throughout the weekend). Rather, it is a century old, free, community festival held annually in southern Geauga County in Ohio. According to local historians, Troy Homecoming started in 1911 when the township celebrated its 100th birthday.

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The Great Geauga County Fair in Burton, Ohio

The Great Geauga County Fair in Burton, Ohio

The fair has been a faithful mainstay for nearly two hundred years. It is one of the oldest, continually running events of its kind in the United States of America. That is why National Geographic magazine included this steadfast event in their October 1997 article “County Fairs”

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