Fulton is a rural unincorporated community in Lauderdale County, Tennessee, United States.

[3] Fulton was founded in 1827 on 760 acres (310 ha) of land owned by James Trimble.

Around 1830, after a deadly fever struck the community and killed 200, the remainder of the population moved away; no inhabitants remained by 1832.

Mostly for the cultivation of cotton, land would be used by sharecroppers in return for a share of the crop to the landowner.

[3] Fulton is situated on the southeastern edge of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, an area with a high earthquake risk.