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History from
Collins' History of Kentucky, 1877
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Fulton county was formed, the 99th
in order in the state, in 1845, out of the south-western part of
Hickman county, and named in honor of Robert Fulton. It is bound
W and N by the Mississippi river, NE and E by Hickman county, and S by
the Tennessee state line. It contains 184 square miles, is the last county
west, and is literally cut in two by the Mississippi river - so that in
going from the main or eastern part of the county to the western (familiarly
known as "Madrid Bend,") it is necessary to pass over about 8 miles of
Tennessee territory. The county is divided between Mississippi bottoms,
subject for 25 miles to inundation, and uplands; lies well, has no mountains,
and but a small portion of hill country; soil generally good, a part very
productive; timber good - the finest oak, walnut, poplar, and cypress;
principal productions - corn, tobacco, wheat, stock-raising and lumber;
the streams - Little Obion river, Bayou du Chien, Mud, Rush, and Dixon
creeks. |
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