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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Fulton came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Fulton in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fulton. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Fulton data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Fulton:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States

Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)

Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

In this book, Fulton was listed as Fulton Courthouse.<1>

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)

Published by John T. Towers

In this book, Fulton was listed as Fulton Courthouse.<1>

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)

Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Mississippi (1956)

Published by Shell Oil Company

In addition:

Fulton is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

We found Fulton in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Fulton for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Fulton. See our Misc Page for Fulton for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>	For information about how community names have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
<2>	A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/