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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Fulton (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Fulton. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Fulton is located in Callaway County and is the County Seat.

To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Callaway County: Audrain, Boone, Cole, Gasconade, Montgomery & Osage.

Below are the counties that are near Fulton. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Fulton:

  • Callaway County     (The home county of Fulton)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Kingdom City
      (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Auxvasse
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Lindbergh
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hatton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Stephens
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Steedman
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Steedman is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steedman
    • New Bloomfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Williamsburg
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Mokane
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Hord ‑ Historic
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
      • Hord is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hord
    • Folsom
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Lake Mykee Town
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Lake Mykee Town is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Mykee Town
      • Estimated population in 2018: 351 people
  • Audrain County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Mexico
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Vandiver
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
      • Vandiver is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vandiver
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 69 people
    • Benton City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
      • Benton City is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton City
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 103 people
    • Thompson
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
      • Thompson is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson
    • Martinsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Rush Hill
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Laddonia
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Larrabee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
      • Larrabee is located in Audrain County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Larrabee
  • Boone County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Ashland
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Oldham
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pierpont
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
      • Pierpont is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierpont
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
    • Stephens
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Columbia
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Moores Switch
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Hartsburg
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Hallsville
      (23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
    • Hinton
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Centralia
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • McBaine
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • McBaine is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McBaine
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 12 people
    • Huntsdale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Huntsdale is located in Boone County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsdale
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 35 people
  • Cole County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Osage City
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
      • Osage City is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Osage City
    • Jefferson City
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Taos
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Taos is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,157 people
    • Saint Martins
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Saint Martins is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Martins
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,204 people
    • Scruggs
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Wardsville
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Wardsville is located in Cole County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wardsville
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
    • Centertown
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Gasconade County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Morrison
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Gasconade
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
      • Gasconade is located in Gasconade County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gasconade
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
    • Hermann
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
  • Moniteau County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Lupus
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
      • Lupus is located in Moniteau County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lupus
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 34 people
    • Jamestown
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
  • Montgomery County
  • Osage County

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Fulton, see our County-by-County Page for Fulton.

Cemeteries Near Fulton ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Fulton.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Fulton - one of the links might be able to help.

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Fulton covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.

  • Hillcrest Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
  • Southside Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
  • Dunlap Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the east)
  • Callaway Memorial Gardens
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Kibby Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Guerrart Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wright Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Muir Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • United Brethren Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Fairview Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • White Cloud Cemetery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mt. Olivet Cemetery
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Continue List   (262 more) ...

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fulton had a population of 4,314 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Fulton had a population of 12,549 people.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.

  • Callaway
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Callaway is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaway
  • Hams Prairie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hams Prairie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hams Prairie
  • Toledo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Toledo is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toledo
  • Calwood ‑ Historic
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Calwood is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calwood
  • McCredie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • McCredie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCredie
  • Carrington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Carrington is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrington
  • Earl
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Earl is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earl
  • Millersburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Millersburg is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
  • Guthrie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Guthrie is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guthrie
  • Reform
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Reform is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
  • Auxvasse
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Concord
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Concord is located in Callaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • New Bloomfield
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Hatton
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Readsville
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
      • Readsville is located in Callaway County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Readsville

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Fulton. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fulton.

Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Fulton ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 145 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fulton.

We have organized these newspapers into two lists:

  • A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Fulton. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Fulton and those printed in the larger area surrounding Fulton.
  • An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 29 miles [46.7 km]<3> of Fulton.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Fulton:

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Fulton, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Fulton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.