Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Fancy Farm, KY

Fancy Farm is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Graves County, Kentucky, about 10 miles northwest of Mayfield, the county seat.

The 2020 census counted 403 residents in Fancy Farm, down from 458 at the 2010 census.

The community lies on Kentucky Route 80 in the Jackson Purchase, the rural far-western region of Kentucky.

Fancy Farm was settled by Catholics beginning in 1829 and grew up around St. Jerome Church, built in 1836, and the area is known for its strong Catholic heritage.

Fancy Farm's first post office opened in 1843, and its colorful name was apparently chosen at that time by a man who was applying to become postmaster.

Fancy Farm was once an incorporated town, but its incorporation was dissolved in 1959, according to the Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer.

Fancy Farm is famous across Kentucky for the St. Jerome Catholic Church Picnic, known to outsiders simply as the Fancy Farm Picnic, held each year on the church grounds.

The picnic began in 1881 as a purely local affair and has been held on the first Saturday in August since 1956; it marks the traditional starting point of the fall campaign season in Kentucky and is the state's premier annual political event.

The picnic draws about 12,000 to 15,000 people each year, many times the village's own population, and no outside vendors participate; its proceeds are used to finance the Catholic elementary school and local improvements.

The picnic was recognized in the 1985 Guinness Book of World Records as the "World's Largest Picnic" for the consumption of 15,000 pounds of mutton, pork, and chicken at the 1982 picnic.