Fulton, Maryland
| Fulton, Maryland | |
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| Census-designated place | |
Maple Lawn in Fulton.
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 Fulton
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| Coordinates: 39°9′4″N 76°55′22″W / 39.15111°N 76.92278°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 Maryland
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| County |
 Howard
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| Surveyed | 1700 |
| Established | March 28, 1882 |
| Founded by | Thomas Browne II |
| Named for | Charles C. Fulton |
| Area | |
| • Census-designated place | 9.83 km2 (3.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 9.81 km2 (3.79 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.02 km2 (0.008 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Census-designated place | 2,049 |
| • Density | 209.0/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,072 |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 20759, 20723 |
| Area code | 240 and 301 |
Fulton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located at the southern tip of Howard County, Maryland, in the United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 2,049.
The land was first surveyed by Thomas Browne, known as the "Patuxent Ranger", in 1700. In the mid 1700s the Quaker grandson of one of Maryland's first iron ore producers, Richard Snowden purchased tracts of land up the Patuxent River valley. Fulton was then known as Queen Caroline Parish. In 1803 Rezin Hammond settled on a parcel of the land, and by 1805 Fulton was known as Hammond Directions and Snowden Second Addition. In 1855 German immigrants settled in the area.
By 1871, St Paul's Lutheran was founded to serve the German farming community and was expanded in 1933. By 1878 Fulton opened school house #3, a one-room school house for white children a half mile west of town that operated until 1939. The area was referred to as "Water's Store", for Richard Waters blacksmith operation and post office which opened on December 29, 1874.
The name was changed to "Fulton", after the popular Baltimore Sun editor Charles C. Fulton on 28 March 1882. Albert W Bradey purchased the Fulton corner stores of his father and Smallwood operating it until his death in a house fire at the age of 90.
In 1839, Heinrich Iager purchased 108 acres (44 ha) of farmland expanding to 185 acres (75 ha)s forming Maple Lawn Farms. In 1938, the farm began its current free-range turkey operations under the "Sho-Nuf" brand name. The farm was nationally recognized in 2004 for the registered Holsteins used in its dairy operations. The Ellsworth Iager farm took advantage of cheap POW labor through 1945.
In the late 1990s, Fulton sat between the heavily developed areas of eastern Howard County, with water and sewer service, and the preserved western areas which used well water. Developer Greenebaum & Rose Associates proposed a dense 1168-unit mixed use project for a portion of the 506-acre (205 ha) farm. In January 1998, Councilman Darrell Drown felt that the zoning would take only a night or two, and accommodated the developer with expedited hearings. The first phase of zoning faced multiple contentious votes and 32 record-length hearings between pro-development and rural supporters.
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