Anoka, Minnesota, is home to America’s oldest official Halloween celebration.
If you’re looking for the United States’ oldest official Halloween celebration, then you should head to Anoka, Minnesota. The city started holding an annual parade and bonfire back in 1920 after European immigrants first brought the spooky seasonal fun over to America around the 1800s.
According to National Geographic, “Anoka historians say townsfolk wanted to curb Halloween pranks that loosed cows on Main Street and upended outhouses.”
