# Fulton, Tennessee

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**Fulton** is a rural [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area#United_States) in [Lauderdale County](/source/Lauderdale_County,_Tennessee), [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee), United States. Founded in 1827, Fulton is the oldest settlement in Lauderdale County.[3]

## History

Fulton was founded in 1827 on 760 acres (310 ha) of land owned by James Trimble. In the following two years, the population rose to 600. Around 1830, after a deadly fever struck the community and killed 200, the remainder of the population moved away; no inhabitants remained by 1832. It was re-surveyed and re-founded in 1835.[3]

## Economy

After the [abolition of slavery](/source/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States), [sharecropping](/source/Sharecropping) was the primary means of income for low income families in the area. Mostly for the cultivation of cotton, land would be used by sharecroppers in return for a share of the crop to the landowner. Modern machines such as the [cotton picker](/source/Cotton_picker) have made the manual cultivation obsolete over time as they took over the work from manual laborers.

As of 2008, there were no industries in Fulton.

## Geography

Fulton is at coordinates [35.612°N 89.882°W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=35.612_-89.882). The settlement is located on the banks of the [Mississippi River](/source/Mississippi_River), 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the mouth of the [Hatchie River](/source/Hatchie_River).[3] Fulton is situated on the southeastern edge of the [New Madrid Seismic Zone](/source/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone), an area with a high [earthquake](/source/Earthquake) risk. [Tennessee State Route 87](/source/Tennessee_State_Route_87) and [Tennessee State Route 207](/source/Tennessee_State_Route_207) both pass through Fulton.

## See also

- [Battle of Fort Pillow](/source/Battle_of_Fort_Pillow)

## References

1. ["Free ZIP Code Lookup"](https://web.archive.org/web/20051230022901/http://www.downloadzipcode.com/). Archived from [the original](http://www.downloadzipcode.com/) on December 30, 2005. Retrieved January 3, 2006. DownloadZIPcode

1. ["Continuation of Goodspeed's History, Lauderdale County, TN"](https://web.archive.org/web/20081226083911/http://www.tngenweb.org/lauderdale/gshistory2.htm). TNGenWeb.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.tngenweb.org/lauderdale/gshistory2.htm) on December 26, 2008. Retrieved December 17, 2008.

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