Fulton County, Kentucky

Founding: 1845
Parent county: Hickman

Namesake: Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat
Seat: Hickman (1845–)

Land area: 206 square miles

Population (2020): 6,515

Population (historic): 4,446 (1850); 6,161 (1870); 10,005 (1890); 14,114 (1910); 14,927 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1920; 1930s

Subdivisions: Two cities; one CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 354 (10.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 18.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 3%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 23.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.5%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $735
Average outbuilding value (1930): $387
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,205
Average farm size (1920): 69.5 acres
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Hickman

Namesake: Uncertain—perhaps Paschal Hickman, Kentucky soldier

Founding: circa 1820 (founding as Mills Point); 1830 (post office); 1841 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,365

Population (historic): 401 (1850); 1,120 (1870); 1,652 (1890); 2,736 (1910); 2,321 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1890; 1900s; 1920s; 1960s

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 62 (5.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Jesse Whitesell Farm (1871). 8230 State Line Road. Italianate.
2. House (c. 1840). 3660 State Route 125.
3. Asa Clark House (c. 1835). 3855 State Route 125. Razed.
4. Farm (c. 1895). 1411 State Route 1129. Queen Anne.

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