Fulton is an unincorporated community located at the southern tip of Howard County

Howard County, Maryland

-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*62.2% White*17.5% Black*0.3% Native American*14.4% Asian*0.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.6% Two or more races*2.0% Other races*5.8% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...

, Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

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History

Prior to 1805 Fulton was known as Queen Caroline Parish, then later as Hammond Directions. In 1878, it was referred to as "Water's Store," a name taken from postmaster Richard Waters.

Henry Iager purchased 108 acres in Fulton in 1839, which became Maple Lawn Farms. In 1938, the farm began its current free-range turkey operations under the brand name, "Sho-Nuf." The farm was nationally recognized in 2004 for the registered Holsteins

Holstein (cattle)

Holstein cattle is a breed of cattle known today as the world's highest production dairy animal. Originating in Europe, Holsteins were bred in what is now the Netherlands and more specifically in the two northern provinces of North Holland and Friesland...

 used in its dairy operations.

Grace Community Church, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, and St. Paul's Lutheran Church, which was built in the 1870s by a group of mostly German families after originally meeting in each others homes since the 1860s.

Notable residents

William Smallwood

William Smallwood

William Smallwood was an American planter, soldier and politician from Charles County, Maryland. He served in the American Revolutionary War, rising to the rank of major general...

, Maryland's famous general in the Revolutionary War

American Revolutionary War

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, had a nephew who lived in Fulton, and whose descendants remained in Fulton until 1920.

Holly House resident George Howe wrote a book titled Call It Treason which was made into the movie Decision Before Dawn

Decision Before Dawn

Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner, and Hans Christian Blech. It tells the story of the American Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence in the closing days of World War II...

. The film was nominated for Best Picture

Academy Award for Best Picture

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 and Best Film Editing

Academy Award for Film Editing

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 academy awards.

Fulton Today

The community is served by area code 301 and zip code 20759, and is located between Baltimore

Baltimore

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 and Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, just minutes from Columbia, Maryland

Columbia, Maryland

Columbia is a planned community that consists of ten self-contained villages, located in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. Creator and developer James W. Rouse saw the new community in terms of human values, not...

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Reservoir High School

Reservoir High School

Reservoir High School is a public high school in Fulton, Maryland, United States. It was opened in 2002 and is a part of the Howard County public school system. The school's mascot, logo, colors, and fight song were the same as those of the University of Florida...

, Lime Kiln Middle School

Lime Kiln Middle School

Lime Kiln Middle School is a middle school belonging to the Howard County Public School System. It opened in 1999 and currently serves more than 604 students, with a capacity of 704 students. Achievements:...

, Fulton Elementary School and Cedar Lane School are all located in Fulton.

Located in Fulton are a post office, High's Store

High's Dairy Store

High's Dairy Stores is a chain of convenience stores in Maryland and Delaware. It once had locations in Virginia, and Washington, D.C. as well, many of which have been converted to 7-Elevens. The company is based in Hanover, Maryland.- History :...

, and Ledo Pizza

Ledo Pizza

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. Other retail establishments include Fulton Family Chiropractic, Fulton Station Jewelers, Fulton Animal Hospital, Fulton Wine & Spirits, Hilities Beauty, Nail Boutique at Fulton Station, Computer Country, and the Studio at Fulton (a local pottery store).

Adjacent to the northeast border of Fulton is one of the largest employers in Howard County, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.

Maple Lawn, a mixed residential and commercial community which opened in 2004/2005, was developed by Greenebaum & Rose Associates and has brought a main street style shopping district with stores such as Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter

Harris Teeter is a chain of supermarkets based in Matthews, North Carolina, just outside Charlotte. , the chain operates 207 stores in eight Southern states: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.Harris Teeter is a...

, Hyatt & Co. Clothing, Sidamo Coffee & Tea, i.m. Wine, Maggie Moo's

MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery

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 Ice Cream, Ranazul Tapas Wine & Bistro, Venegas Prime Filet, The Pearl Spa & Boutique, Looney's Pub, Calico Corners, Bra-La-La, BP

BP

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 Maple Lawn Market, AAA

American Automobile Association

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, Lax World, PNC Bank, M&T Bank, and Techlab Photo & Digital (formerly of Dobbin Center). Three large office buildings house a number of corporate tenants. Additional businesses are located in the residential section of Maple Lawn: SunTrust Bank, Columbia Academy Pre-School, and a multi-provider Medical Center.

Fulton is the home of Maple Lawn Farms, a local poultry attraction for its famous "Sho-Nuf" turkey. Headed up by the Iager family, they continue the fundamental tradition of "good turkeys and fast cobras."

Beaufort Park, one of the local neighborhoods, was described by The Washington Post

The Washington Post

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on July 4, 1998 as "A Sea of Tranquility Set in a Watershed, A Parklike Setting in Howard County".