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Welcome to West Fulton ...

West Fulton is located in Itawamba County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Fulton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

A typical abbreviation for West Fulton: W. Fulton

West Fulton is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: West Fulton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for West Fulton: 662

Communities Also Named West Fulton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named West Fulton - they are located in New York and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for West Fulton.

Communities near West Fulton ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near West Fulton.

  • Tupelo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Amory
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Saltillo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saltillo have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saltillo
    • Saltillo is located in Lee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,071 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saltillo <3>
  • Fulton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fulton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
    • Fulton is located in Itawamba County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,846 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fulton <3>
  • Baldwyn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Verona
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Verona. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Verona is located in Lee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,209 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Verona <3>
  • Guntown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nettleton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nettleton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nettleton
    • Nettleton is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,896 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nettleton <3>
  • Shannon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Plantersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plantersville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plantersville
    • Plantersville is located in Lee County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,125 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plantersville <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around West Fulton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for West Fulton.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of West Fulton. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Fulton.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around West Fulton. See our Newspapers Page for West Fulton.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Fulton ...

Looking for more information about West Fulton? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to West Fulton, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for West Fulton.

Adding West Fulton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Fulton in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for West Fulton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the West Fulton post office opened in 1850.

We also found West Fulton in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Fulton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Itawamba, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Fulton - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/