Fulton - County - Georgia

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 County Profile information from Georgia.gov

County Seat: Atlanta
Incorporated: December 20, 1853
Population: 816,006
Total Area: 528.7 square miles

Website: www.co.fulton.ga.us

Address: 141 Pryor Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303

Fulton County was formed from DeKalb County in 1853. In 1932, Milton and Campbell counties were consolidated with Fulton County, resulting in its current elongated shape.

 
The county was the 144th county created in the state and was named after Robert Fulton who built the Clermont, a boat that revolutionized river travel and played an important role in the development of the South.

Atlanta, the county seat and state capital, was named Terminus in 1842. Its name was later changed to Marthasville, in honor of Governor Wilson Lumpkin's daughter, and then to Atlanta in 1848.
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