History: Fulton - 1 Jan 1998 - Macoupin County Illinois
Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives ©1997 Carolynn Jones Bettis

Fulton Macoupin County IL History

contributed by Carolynn Jones Bettis


Excerpted from the article, "Girard Might Have Been Named Fulton," by Ethel Weddle, June 
1955, Centennial Edition of the Girard Gazette.

"One of the early surveys caused the beginning of a village named "Fulton." Fulton was 
located on 3 acres in the southwest quarter of section 22 in North Otter Township. A general 
store, a blacksmith shop, and a few dwellings were built in Fulton. When the Chicago and 
Alton Railroad Company built their railroad farther west in Girard Township, the small 
village died in its infancy.”

Mrs Sanders, the owner of the land where Fulton was situated said that the buildings in 
Fulton were torn down and used in their farm buildings. In 1955, part of those farm buildings 
on the Sanders land was over a 100 years old.

In 1997, a Sanders family still owns the house and 3 acres where Fulton once stood, and a 
member of the Sanders family occupies the house.

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