Fulton County, Kentucky
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Congressional district | 1st |
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Fulton County is the westernmost county in the
Allied with Tennessee by trade and culture, white Fulton County residents were largely pro-
History
The rural county was not organized until 1845, from a portion of Hickman County. It was named for Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat. Hickman, Kentucky was designated as the county seat. The county was developed for agriculture, which was originally dependent on slave labor. Area farmers had ties to Tennessee planters, and shipped produce down the Mississippi River, which formed the county's western border. They supported the Confederacy, while Kentucky maintained official neutrality as a Border State.
During the post-Reconstruction period, there was considerable racial violence by whites against blacks in Fulton County; they exercised terrorism to re-establish and maintain
After the Civil War, some African Americans became landowners in the county. A notably egregious lynching was that on October 3, 1908, in Hickman of David Walker and his entire family by 50 Night Riders. This may have been part of anarchic violence that was directed at blacks arising from the "Reelfoot Lake Uprising", but it also appeared that whites coveted Walker's land. Walker and his wife, an infant in arms, and three children were shot multiple times; the eldest son burned to death in their farmhouse; seven in total were killed on the night of October 3, 1908, in Hickman. Walker owned a 21 1/2 acre farm; his white neighbor took it over after the killings, and later sold it to another white man. One of the latter's descendants continues to own the rural land.[8]
On December 16, 1918, Private Charles Lewis, a veteran of World War I, was lynched at Tyler Station. Private Lewis was accused of robbery and while he was held in the local jail, a group of masked men forced their way into the jail, smashed the locks with a sledgehammer, then took him outside and hanged him from a tree.[9]
Geography
According to the
About 11 square miles (28 km2) of the county is separated in a peninsula from the rest of the state by an
Adjacent counties
- Mississippi County, Missouri (northwest)
- Hickman County (northeast)
- Obion County, Tennessee (south)
- Lake County, Tennessee (southwest)
- New Madrid County, Missouri (west)
National protected area
Major highways
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1850 | 4,446 | — | |
1860 | 5,317 | 19.6% | |
1870 | 6,161 | 15.9% | |
1880 | 7,977 | 29.5% | |
1890 | 10,005 | 25.4% | |
1900 | 11,546 | 15.4% | |
1910 | 14,114 | 22.2% | |
1920 | 15,197 | 7.7% | |
1930 | 14,927 | −1.8% | |
1940 | 15,413 | 3.3% | |
1950 | 13,668 | −11.3% | |
1960 | 11,256 | −17.6% | |
1970 | 10,183 | −9.5% | |
1980 | 8,971 | −11.9% | |
1990 | 8,271 | −7.8% | |
2000 | 7,752 | −6.3% | |
2010 | 6,813 | −12.1% | |
2020 | 6,515 | −4.4% | |
2023 (est.) | 6,338 | [11] | −2.7% |
U.S. Decennial Census[12] 1790-1960[13] 1900-1990[14] 1990-2000[15] 2010-2021[16] |
2020 census
Race | Num. | Perc. |
---|---|---|
White
|
4,566 | 70.08% |
Black or African American
|
1,433 | 22.0% |
Native American
|
13 | 0.2% |
Asian
|
17 | 0.26% |
Pacific Islander
|
11 | 0.17% |
Other/Mixed
|
324 | 4.97% |
Latino
|
151 | 2.32% |
As of the
2000 census
As of the
There were 3,237 households, out of which 29.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.40% were married couples living together, 18.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.70% were non-families. 32.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.90% under the age of 18, 8.90% from 18 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 17.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.00 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $24,382, and the median income for a family was $30,788. Males had a median income of $26,401 versus $19,549 for females. The
Politics
Fulton County was a Democratic stronghold for most of its history and was one of the few Kentucky counties carried by Al Gore in 2000. Since then, however, it has swung sharply towards the Republican Party.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 1,606 | 66.20% | 794 | 32.73% | 26 | 1.07% |
2016 | 1,549 | 65.03% | 774 | 32.49% | 59 | 2.48% |
2012 | 1,425 | 57.44% | 1,022 | 41.19% | 34 | 1.37% |
2008 | 1,530 | 54.16% | 1,238 | 43.82% | 57 | 2.02% |
2004 | 1,527 | 52.84% | 1,340 | 46.37% | 23 | 0.80% |
2000 | 1,293 | 46.38% | 1,452 | 52.08% | 43 | 1.54% |
1996 | 863 | 31.85% | 1,614 | 59.56% | 233 | 8.60% |
1992 | 1,073 | 33.49% | 1,813 | 56.59% | 318 | 9.93% |
1988 | 1,474 | 48.87% | 1,531 | 50.76% | 11 | 0.36% |
1984 | 1,780 | 53.45% | 1,534 | 46.07% | 16 | 0.48% |
1980 | 1,462 | 41.22% | 2,016 | 56.84% | 69 | 1.95% |
1976 | 1,060 | 30.55% | 2,370 | 68.30% | 40 | 1.15% |
1972 | 1,807 | 61.32% | 1,024 | 34.75% | 116 | 3.94% |
1968 | 1,079 | 28.26% | 1,204 | 31.53% | 1,535 | 40.20% |
1964 | 1,169 | 31.84% | 2,493 | 67.89% | 10 | 0.27% |
1960 | 1,567 | 36.65% | 2,708 | 63.35% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 1,147 | 27.79% | 2,953 | 71.54% | 28 | 0.68% |
1952 | 1,266 | 32.12% | 2,673 | 67.81% | 3 | 0.08% |
1948 | 450 | 13.75% | 2,497 | 76.29% | 326 | 9.96% |
1944 | 654 | 17.97% | 2,973 | 81.68% | 13 | 0.36% |
1940 | 791 | 18.01% | 3,592 | 81.79% | 9 | 0.20% |
1936 | 782 | 17.28% | 3,727 | 82.35% | 17 | 0.38% |
1932 | 837 | 17.28% | 3,985 | 82.25% | 23 | 0.47% |
1928 | 1,366 | 30.34% | 3,132 | 69.55% | 5 | 0.11% |
1924 | 902 | 20.96% | 3,336 | 77.53% | 65 | 1.51% |
1920 | 1,365 | 26.05% | 3,843 | 73.35% | 31 | 0.59% |
1916 | 747 | 24.97% | 2,200 | 73.53% | 45 | 1.50% |
1912 | 520 | 22.82% | 1,609 | 70.60% | 150 | 6.58% |
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Communities
Cities
Census-designated place
Other unincorporated communities
See also
References
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Fulton County, Kentucky". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. pp. 35.
- ISBN 9780916489496. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ "Fulton County, Kentucky Genealogy, Facts, Records & Links". Genealogyinc.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
- ^ Lynching in America/ Supplement: Lynchings by County[permanent dead link], 3rd Edition, 2015, p.5
- ^ Rob Gallagher & Lori DeWinkler, "Kentucky Lynchings 1882 -1921", Genealogy Trails, 2018
- ^ Lewan, Todd & Barclay, Dolores. Associated Press, "Property Swindles Victimized Blacks: Torn From The Land." Online Athens, December 23, 2001. http://onlineathens.com/stories/122301/new_1223010092.shtml#.V85WfZgrLIU
- ISBN 978-0-8078-9935-9.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.
Further reading
- L. Otley Pindar, "List of the Birds of Fulton County, Kentucky," The Auk, vol. 6 (1889), pp. 310–316.