Fulton, Arkansas

Fulton, Arkansas
Town
Town of Fulton
Location of Fulton in Hempstead County, Arkansas.
Coordinates: 33°36′45″N 93°48′49″W / 33.61250°N 93.81361°W / 33.61250; -93.81361
Country	United States
State	Arkansas
County	Hempstead
Area [2]
• Total	0.20 sq mi (0.52 km2)
• Land	0.18 sq mi (0.46 km2)
• Water	0.019 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation [3]	259 ft (79 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	115[1]
• Estimate  (2024)	110
• Density	645.3/sq mi (249.14/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	71838
Area code	870
FIPS code	05-25360
GNIS feature ID	2406531[3]
Highways	U.S. Highway 67 Highway 195 Highway 355

Fulton is a town^[4] in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 115 at the 2020 census^[5]. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area. The community is named after steamboat inventor Robert Fulton.

Located on the Southwest Trail, just north of the Great Bend of the Red River of the South at a convenient river crossing, Fulton became the gateway to Mexico, and later the Southwestern United States, as most of the pioneers who settled Mexican Texas passed through here.^[6]

Fulton is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 355 and Interstate 30 and lies on the north bank of the Red River of the South.^[7]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²), of which 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (10.00%) is water.

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	374		—
1890	337		−9.9%
1900	504		49.6%
1910	647		28.4%
1920	543		−16.1%
1930	593		9.2%
1940	485		−18.2%
1950	385		−20.6%
1960	309		−19.7%
1970	323		4.5%
1980	326		0.9%
1990	269		−17.5%
2000	245		−8.9%
2010	201		−18.0%
2020	115		−42.8%
2024 (est.)	110		−4.3%
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 2014 Estimate[9]

As of the census^[13] of 2000, there were 245 people, 95 households, and 68 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,349.1 inhabitants per square mile (520.9/km²). There were 110 housing units at an average density of 605.7 per square mile (233.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 55.92% White, 43.27% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, and 0.41% from two or more races. 1.63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 95 households, out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the city the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 14.3% from 18 to 24, 17.1% from 25 to 44, 28.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,583, and the median income for a family was $29,167. Males had a median income of $21,827 versus $17,656 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,280. About 20.0% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 18.2% of those 65 or over.

It is within the Hope School District.^[14] It operates Hope High School.

• Robert Shaw, Illinois politician, was born in Fulton
• William Shaw, Illinois state legislator, was born in Fulton.^[15]

• List of cities and towns in Arkansas

• Plan of the Three Gun Battery at Fulton, Arkansas, by Capt. R. M. Venable (Map). 1:30. Confederate States. War department. Department of West Louisiana and Arkansas. 1864. Retrieved February 25, 2019 – via University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
• Teske, Steven (November 29, 2016). "Fulton (Hempstead County)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Central Arkansas Library System.

• Geographic data related to Fulton, Arkansas at OpenStreetMap