Fulton Arkansas Map

About Fulton, Arkansas

Fulton is a locality in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 115. The population density is 249.4 people per km². Fulton is located at 33.6146°N, 93.8135°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fulton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 71838.

Fulton holds the heavy, humid stillness of the lowlands, where the earth is comprised of deep silt and the persistent memory of water. It lies 17.6 miles northeast of Texarkana, AR (from Texarkana, AR: bearing 47°T), and is situated 13.3 miles west-southwest of Hope. The Red River carves a slow, serpentine path past the town, its sediment-rich current dragging the color of dried clay through the landscape. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain flattens into a patchwork of dense hardwoods and open fields, where the light at dusk settles in thick, golden layers against the tree line. Just a mile away, the quiet basin of Old River Lake catches the reflection of the sky, its surface often undisturbed by anything more than the ripple of a turtle or the sudden, sharp break of a heron taking flight.

Fulton remains a quiet witness to the shifting currents of commerce and transit that once defined its emergence as a vital crossing point. The economy here leans into the rhythm of the land, drawing from the soil and the timber that thrive in the damp, fertile air. Nearby, the Little River preserves a sliver of the wilder, tangled bottomlands that characterize this corner of the state, offering a sanctuary for the flora and fauna that persist despite the slow encroachment of time. Life in Fulton moves with the deliberation of the river itself, marked by the smell of pine in the heat and the sound of insects humming in the underbrush, a place where the past is not a formal record but a presence felt in the weathered wood and the long, slow shadows of late afternoon.

About This Fulton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fulton, Arkansas. Coordinates: 33.614565, -93.813516. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Fulton includes the ZIP code (71838), telephone area code (870), county seat of Hempstead County (Hope), and school district assignment (Hope School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.