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]
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After the abolition of slavery, 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 have made the manual cultivation obsolete over time as they took over the work from manual laborers.
fulton, tennessee, fulton, rural, unincorporated, community, lauderdale, county, tennessee, united, states, founded, 1827, fulton, oldest, settlement, lauderdale, county, ripley, tennesseeunincorporated, community, location, fulton, tennesseecountryunited, sta. Fulton is a rural unincorporated community in Lauderdale County Tennessee United States Founded in 1827 Fulton is the oldest settlement in Lauderdale County 3 Ripley TennesseeUnincorporated community 1 Location of Fulton in TennesseeCountryUnited StatesStateTennesseeCountiesLauderdaleElevation 1 279 ft 85 m Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP code38063 Ripley Tennessee 2 GNIS feature ID1287426 1 Contents 1 History 2 Economy 3 Geography 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editFulton 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 editAfter the abolition of slavery 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 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 editFulton is at coordinates 35 36 43 N 89 52 55 W 35 612 N 89 882 W 35 612 89 882 The settlement is located on the banks of the Mississippi River 3 miles 4 8 km north of the mouth of the Hatchie River 3 Fulton is situated on the southeastern edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone an area with a high earthquake risk Tennessee State Route 87 and Tennessee State Route 207 both pass through Fulton See also editBattle of Fort PillowReferences edit a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Fulton Tennessee Free ZIP Code Lookup Archived from the original on December 30 2005 Retrieved January 3 2006 DownloadZIPcode a b c Continuation of Goodspeed s History Lauderdale County TN TNGenWeb org Retrieved December 17 2008 nbsp This Lauderdale County Tennessee geography related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fulton Tennessee amp oldid 1167018690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
