[4] Fulton is part of the Union City-Hickman, TN–KY Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[6] Fulton Station was located on the Paducah and Gulf Railroad, which stimulated growth in the county.

[8] In the first decade of the 20th century, the Southern Baptist clergyman Monroe E. Dodd began his long ministry at a church in Fulton.

The United Fruit Co., now Chiquita, began shipping bananas from South America by steamship to New Orleans.

The bananas were loaded onto railcars on top of 162-pound (73 kg) blocks of ice for the trip north.

Since the early 21st century, the festival has been revived, including a contest for the largest banana pudding.

[10] Its southern border is the state line, across which is the city of South Fulton, Tennessee.

[11] As of the 2020 United States Census, there were 2,357 people, 1,004 households, and 646 families residing in the city.

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Fulton.

Fulton is one of only four cities in Kentucky with passenger rail service by Amtrak.