Fulton Mississippi Map

About Fulton, Mississippi

Fulton is a locality in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,542. The population density is 206.5 people per km². Fulton is located at 34.2629°N, 88.4019°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Fulton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 38843.

Fulton rises from the humid, verdant landscape of northern Mississippi, where the earth is defined by deep clay and a heavy, fecund stillness that clings to the skin. It lies 16.8 miles east of Tupelo, MS (from Tupelo, MS: bearing 86°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east of Mooreville. The terrain here is shaped by a slow-moving, deliberate geography, where the humid air softens the edges of the horizon and the light, at the approach of dusk, turns a bruised, singular gold that seems to pool in the low-lying hollows. To the west, the subtle rise of Pea Ridge breaks the skyline, a distant, hazy reminder of the fractured geology that governs the region, while the immediate surroundings are dominated by dense woodlands and the quiet, persistent flow of Cummings Creek. Nearby, the water of Pool C remains glassy and undisturbed, mirroring the shifting clouds in a landscape that has long since traded the violence of its past for a quiet, agrarian persistence.

Fulton maintains a character defined by the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway at Fulton, a significant engineering presence that redirected the local economy toward logistics and industrial transit. This infrastructure brought a modern, mechanical pulse to a region that once relied entirely on the slow accumulation of soil and season, yet the pace of life remains tethered to the patterns of the land. The presence of Itawamba Community College serves as a vital intellectual and social anchor, drawing a steady influx of students who weave a sense of youthful anticipation through the older, more established rhythms of the commerce here. In the quiet hours of the afternoon, when the hum of machinery fades, one can feel the weight of a long, local history—a story told in the textures of brick and the unhurried way the residents navigate the streets of Fulton, where the future is measured not by sudden change, but by the steady, reliable turn of the calendar.

About This Fulton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fulton, Mississippi. Coordinates: 34.26288, -88.401928. 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 (38843), telephone area code (662), county seat of Itawamba County (Fulton), and school district assignment (Itawamba County 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.