<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> The State Fair of West Virginia is an annual state fair for West Virginia, United States . It is held annually in mid-August on the State Fairgrounds in Fairlea, near Lewisburg, West Virginia in the southeastern part of the state . The 2018 Fair runs from August 9 - 18 . The State Fairgrounds consists of a large open field for carnivals and exhibitions, a horse track, grandstands, and several exhibition buildings . Free parking is provided adjacent to the fairgrounds and, until 2006, free camping was also available in a large field with running - water toilets and showers, but no hookups . Campers are now charged a small fee . </P> <P> The first event to be called the State Fair occurred in Wheeling on February 1, 1881 . The Lewisburg fair evolved from local events that date back to 1854 . In 1941 the state government declared it to be the official State Fair . However, World War II forced cancellation of the event until 1946 . The Meadow River Lumber Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 . </P>

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