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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 southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

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 south 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 Lauderdale County.

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

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lauderdale County: Mississippi (AR), Crockett, Dyer, Haywood & Tipton.

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:

  • Lauderdale County     (The home county of Fulton)
  • Fayette County
  • Hancock County
  • Haywood County
  • Shelby County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Cuba
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Millington
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Rosemark
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Lucy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Giles Town
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Giles Town is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Giles Town
    • Ramsey
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Woodstock
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Lakeland
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Spring Lake
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
      • Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
      • Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
    • Bartlett
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Arlington
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Tipton County
  • Craighead County (AR)
    • Caraway
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Caraway is located in Craighead County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caraway
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,288 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caraway <1>
  • Crittenden County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Gilmore
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Gilmore is located in Crittenden County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilmore
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 244 people
    • Turrell
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
      • Turrell is located in Crittenden County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turrell
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 549 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Turrell <1>
    • Clarkedale
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jericho
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Heafer
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
    • James Mill
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Mississippi County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Osceola
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Driver
      (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
      • Driver is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Driver
    • Wilson
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Wilson is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilson
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 803 people
    • Luxora
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
      • Luxora is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luxora
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,007 people
    • Marie
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
      • Marie is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marie
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 70 people
    • Keiser
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
      • Keiser is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keiser
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 663 people
    • Burdette
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Victoria
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
      • Victoria is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victoria
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 32 people
    • Bassett
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Joiner
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Bardstown
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Athelstan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Poinsett County (AR)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Alto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
    • Lepanto
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
      • Lepanto is located in Poinsett County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lepanto
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,796 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lepanto <1>
    • Rivervale
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Rivervale is located in Poinsett County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rivervale
    • Tyronza
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Marked Tree
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Pemiscot County (MO)
    • The following are listed by their distance from Fulton, with the one closest to Fulton listed first.
    • Cooter
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Cooter is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooter
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 397 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cooter <1>
    • Holland
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
      • Holland is located in Pemiscot County (MO)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 193 people

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.

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.<3>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Fulton had a population of 134 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

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

  • Detroit
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Sans Souci
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sans Souci is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sans Souci
  • Nodena
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Nodena is located in Mississippi County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nodena
  • Gilt Edge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Randolph
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Burlison
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Garland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Garland is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 300 people
  • Golddust
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Golddust is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golddust
  • Osceola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Bride
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fort Pillow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mack
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Mack is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mack
  • Continue List   (17 more) ...
    • Carson Lake
      (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Carson Lake is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carson Lake
    • Golden Lake
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Golden Lake is located in Mississippi County (AR)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden Lake
    • Drummonds
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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 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 20 newspapers that have been published in the area around Fulton.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Fulton, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for 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 helpful 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>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<3>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.
<4>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 drawn from Point A (ie- Fulton) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.