 That meeting was the birth of the Orange County Fair and the first fair was held on November 17, 1841 in Goshen.Since that first fair in Goshen, the fair gained in popularity and other communities wanted to host it on a rotating basis.The fair rotated locations from year to year in Montgomery, NY, Chester, NY, Newburgh, NY, Warwick, NY, Washingtonville, NY, Goshen, NY and Middletown, NY.