Are you the kind of person who eagerly awaits the spooky season each year? Who happily folds laundry and washes dishes while watching “Hocus Pocus” on repeat, and has witches and giant spiders and animatronic Frankenstein monsters decorating their yard? Halloween people: We see you, and we get it. So does the town of Fairborn, Ohio, which is on many people’s short lists of the best Halloween towns. Not only is Fairborn the best Halloween town in Ohio, but it’s also a place where this delightfully frightful holiday is celebrated all year long.

At first glance, Fairborn, Ohio, doesn't seem all that out of the ordinary. This place of 33,000 outside of Dayton is a "big little" town with a delightful Main Street and all the businesses, parks, government services, and schools you'd expect to find in a town of this size.
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But look closer, and you'll soon see that Fairborn is anything but ordinary.
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You see, Fairborn is the home of Foy's, a conglomerate of several spooktacular stores and businesses that celebrate Halloween all. year. long.
Foy's Halloween and Variety Store/Facebook
The centerpiece, of course, is the original Foy's Halloween Store, which was opened by Albert Foy in 1929.
Foy's Halloween and Variety Store/Facebook
An Adult Costume Store and Kid's Costume Store joined the Halloween party decades later, offering folks of all ages the full Foy's experience, any time of year.
Foy's Kids Costume Store/Facebook
The Foy's dynasty has transformed this Ohio town into something no one could have ever imagined -- a real-life Halloween town!
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In fact, Fairborn hosts an annual Halloween Festival each October, and to say the town goes "all out" is an understatement!
Foy's Halloween and Variety Store/Facebook
But Halloween is so much more than costumes and haunted houses -- it's a vibe. A culture. A literal spirit. And Fairborn has embraced this "Halloween town" identity, with residents going all out in the name of good, old-fashioned Halloween fun, thanks, in large part, to Foy's.
Foy's Halloween and Variety Store/Facebook
So the next time you're in need of a frightful fix in the Buckeye State, visit Fairborn, Ohio, the Buckeye State's very own Halloween town!
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Looking for a closer look inside the best Halloween town in Ohio? The House of Masks took this video of a tour through Fairborn including an up-close look inside Foy’s and posted it to YouTube last year.

Have you visited Fairborn, Ohio, before? Do you agree it’s the best Halloween town in Ohio? Sound off on all things frightful and delightful in the comments below, and tell us your favorite towns for Halloween!

The Foy’s Halloween Store Website and Foy’s Facebook page have all the details you’ll need to plan your Halloween extravaganza. And if you’re looking for another place where it’s Halloween all year long, check out (or into) this Murder Mystery Mansion VRBO in Ohio. If you want to show your Halloween spirit before your trip to Fairborn, Etsy has you covered.

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  • Carlisle Reservation in LaGrange hosts an annual Halloween fair with a lot of all-ages fun, including a massive Halloween-themed trail filled with spooky surprises. This attraction is known for its large number of jack-o-lanterns, creative skeleton displays, and family-friendly features like train rides. Then at night, it transitions to a spooky trail filled with jump scares, mechanical props, and scare actors who make for a very memorable event.
  • All Hallow's Eve Terror Town in Williamsburg might just be the most immersive Halloween event in the entire state. This massive wild-west-themed event takes visitors back in time to a place where the rule of law was a fantasy - and that's before the ghouls and goblins came to town! This is an interactive event where stores have been made over to fit the theming, and the headline attraction is a haunted trail full of some of the scariest scenes at any Halloween event in Ohio.
  • The Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation is one of Ohio's most beloved attractions for railroad buffs. Like most recreational railroads, it holds special holiday events - and one of the most memorable is definitely the annual Halloween Train Ride. The Pumpkin Train is a family-friendly attraction with no real scares but plenty of friendly ghosts and ghouls and dazzling displays of Halloween whimsy. When the sun goes down, the Halloween residents come out to play!

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