Fulton is a town[3] in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States.

The community is named after steamboat inventor Robert Fulton.

Fulton is located at the junction of Arkansas Highway 355 and Interstate 30 and lies on the north bank of the Red River of the South.

25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

About 20.0% of families and 18.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 18.2% of those 65 or over.