Bedford County Fair

Fair history

This is the 14th year for the fair and it's getting better and bigger every year.

 

 While every effort will made to provide pictures of every event, it may not be possible. We apologized if there isn't coverage. Our website is a work-in-progress and changes are constantly being made to update the pages. This is the third year that Bedford County Fair has had a web-site and photographic coverage, we hope that what we've learned from this year's coverage will only make our website and coverage bigger and better for next year.

 

2011 Bedford County Fair Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

 

Lee Adcock Construction                                 First Community Bank

Duck River EMC                                                                     Wal-mart Distribution Center

Midstate Finance Company

Tyson Foods

Farm Credit Services

Silver Sponsors

Peoples Bank

Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration

Bedford County Farm Bureau

H. B. Cowan & Company Insurance & Bonds

Traders Bank

Pat Marsh, District 62 State Representative

Craig & Wheeler Realty & Auction Co.

Heritage Medical Center

Huddle House

Mid-South Livestock

Pepsi Beverages Company

Trott Lumber Company, Inc

Victory Nissan South

We would like to take this opportunity to THANK YOU for your donations to the 2011 Bedford County Fair. Your generosity is appreciated.

It is sponsors like you that make it possible for all people in our community and county to have a positive and fun experience. We are proud of our fair and addition it adds to our great county.

Because of companies and individuals like you, we at the Fair Association of Bedford County can keep setting very high standards and goals for ourselves and our event. We would like to sincerely thank you for your continued support.

Bedford County

Bedford County has a long history of court houses. The first court house in Bedford County was established in 1810. It was built on the northwest corner of the public square. It was a small wooden structure. It probably stood where the Bedford County Bank or the United Methodist Church stands now. On January 25,1811 a notice was carried in the Democratic Clarion and Tennessee Gazette, Nashville, Tennessee for bids on building a brick court house to be 42x38 feet. In this building the first story was to be 16 feet high and the second story was to be 11 feet high. This building was the first permanent court house built in the middle of the square. This court house was destroyed by the storm of 1830. Another was built of brick in 1831. This one stood where the first one stood and where the present one stands. This one stood until 1863 when it burned down through soldiers who were occupying the building.

The third and forth court houses, which were brick, owned by the county were under construction from 1869 to 1873. It was considered a magnificent building. It cost $1,500. This court house burned in December of 1934 by mob violence. The present day court house was built the following year at the cost of $175,000. In 1969 an elevator was added.

Directions

Set among rolling hills & located approximately 50 miles southeast of Nashville, Bedford County and Shelbyville can be reached via I-24 and 231 South. Along the way you can explore Historic Bell Buckle, a mecca for artisans, craftsmen, antiques, good food and music. Wartrace, found on Highway 64, is another unique hideaway; a visual step back in time, much of downtown Wartrace is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Known as the cradle of the Tennessee Walking Horse, Wartrace still hosts its own one night horse show

Need to know more about Shelbyville and it's surrounding area go to the chamber of Commerce at: www.shelbyvilletn.com

Toll free 868-662-2525 or 931-684-3482, fax 931-684-3483