Fulton County, Kentucky

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Fulton County, Kentucky is a small, rural county at the southwestern tip of Kentucky, known for including the state's only exclave, the city of Fulton, separated from the rest of Kentucky by Tennessee.

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Fulton County, Kentucky canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Kentucky
appliesJurisdiction Fulton, Kentucky
Hickman, Kentucky
bordersWith Hickman County, Kentucky
Lake County, Tennessee
Missouri
Obion County, Tennessee
Tennessee
containsAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Fulton, Kentucky
Hickman, Kentucky
country United States of America
economy agriculture
river-related commerce
follows Kentucky Constitution
geographicCoordinateSystem World Geodetic System 1984
linked to: WGS84
hasAreaCharacteristic small county by area compared to other Kentucky counties
hasBorderAcross Mississippi River
hasCapital Hickman, Kentucky
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasDemographics low population density
hasExclave Fulton, Kentucky
Kentucky Bend area of Mississippi County, Missouri (de facto exclave of Kentucky administered by Fulton County)
hasFeature only Kentucky county with an exclave separated by another state
hasGovernmentType county fiscal court system
hasHighestPoint local uplands in eastern Fulton County
hasHistoricalRegion purchased from the Chickasaw Nation as part of the Jackson Purchase
hasLandUse bottomland agriculture
row-crop farming
hasLowestPoint Mississippi River shoreline
hasMunicipalityType contains home rule-class cities
hasPart Kentucky Bend
hasPopulation one of the least populous counties in Kentucky
hasRuralCharacter predominantly rural
hasTransportation rail connections through the city of Fulton
isLocatedInSouthwesternTipOf Kentucky
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky
United States
locatedInTheGeographicalRegion Jackson Purchase, Kentucky
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
locatedInTheSouthernmostPartOf Kentucky
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedOn Mississippi River
namedAfter Robert Fulton
partOf United States Census Bureau’s Paducah, KY-IL statistical area (historically associated regionally)
roadNetwork served by U.S. highways and Kentucky state routes
seat Hickman, Kentucky
state Kentucky

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Western Kentucky contains Fulton County, Kentucky
Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky contains Fulton County, Kentucky
Fulton, Kentucky county Fulton County, Kentucky
Fulton, Kentucky partOf Fulton County, Kentucky
Carlisle County, Kentucky hasBorderWith Fulton County, Kentucky
Hickman County, Kentucky hasBorder Fulton County, Kentucky
Weakley County, Tennessee borderedBy Fulton County, Kentucky