👑 Calling All Future Fair Royalty! 👑
Apply Now for the Paulding County Junior Fair Junior King & Queen and Prince & Princess Contest!

Are you ready to represent Paulding County with pride, spirit, and a crown? The Paulding County Junior Fair is now accepting applications for our 2025 Junior King & Queen and Prince & Princess Contest — and we want YOU to be a part of this treasured tradition!

✨ Contest Details:

📅 Application Deadline:
Friday, May 2nd

📍Who Can Enter?
Participants must be active members of a Paulding County youth organization such as 4-H, Scouts, FFA, or any other youth-focused club or group in the county.

• Junior King & Junior Queen: Ages 9 – 13

• Prince & Princess: Ages 5 – 8

This is a fantastic opportunity for young leaders to shine and share what their youth organization means to them — all while having fun and representing their peers at the Paulding County Fair!

📥 How to Apply:

Applications are available below. Be sure to submit completed forms by Friday, May 2nd.

Junior King & Junior Queen Application – PDF Fillable

Junior King & Junior Queen Application – Printable

Prince & Princess Application – PDF Fillable

Prince & Princess Application – Printable

Whether you dream of wearing a crown, or simply want to show off your fair spirit, this contest is a fun and meaningful way to get involved in the community. We can’t wait to see this year’s amazing contestants!

👑 Let the Royal Fun Begin! 👑

The Paulding County Junior Fair theme for this year is “Pirates of the Fairabbean”.  Enjoy yourselves while planning this year.

Paulding County will be holding a Young Woodworkers Showcase on Saturday, May 10th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Paulding County History Museum.  This is open to all woodworkers from Paulding County ages 18 and under.  I have been told that there are prizes and a hotdog for lunch.  For more information about this, contact Guy Dasher at 419-796-7269.  If you are viewing this on a mobile device, click HERE to see the flyer.

Below are some answers to commonly asked questions from across the state in regards to rules that ODA put into place last year.  It is very important for all of our livestock exhibitors to read and understand these rules.  A note for everyone is that even if ODA does not require DUNF’s for all animals, Paulding County DOES!!!

Below is a joint announcement from the Paulding County Senior Fairboard, Paulding County Junior Fairboard, and the OSU Extension Office of Paulding County.

Attention 4-H members, families, and volunteers! Ohio 4-H would like to know what project topics you would like to see that are not currently offered. Please take the very short survey at go.osu.edu/oh4hprojects and share your ideas today.

After hearing discussions regarding the difficulty of finding full dairy breeds for our dairy beef feeder class, the Paulding County Junior Fairboard has decided that the best option moving forward is to add a new feeder class.  Outlined below is the information that you will need to consider when selecting the correct class.

Dairy Market Feeder

This is a new class!  Feeders in this class must be 100% dairy breed.  If a feeder has any beef influence mixed with a dairy influence, it will show in the Dairy Beef Feeder class.

Dairy Beef Feeder

The class name stays the same, but the requirements have changed.  Feeders in this class are for feeder calves that have a mix of Dairy and Beef influence.

Beef Feeder

Feeders in this class must be 100% beef breed.  If a feeder has any dairy influence mixed with the beef influence, it will show in the Dairy Beef Feeder class.

Items to Note

For any of the classes listed above, the youth will need to enroll in the 4-H project as outlined below.

• Dairy Market Feeder – 117DF (Dairy Beef Feeder)
• Dairy Beef Feeder – 117DF (Dairy Beef Feeder)
• Beef Feeder – 117BF (Beef Feeder)

A grand and reserve champion award will be added to accommodate the addition of the Dairy Market Feeder class.