 fulton is a city in fulton county, kentucky, united states. the population was 2,775 at the 2000 census. it was once known as the "banana capital of the world" because 70% of imported bananas to the u.s. used to be shipped there. u.s. route 51 runs through the center of downtown. fulton is part of the union city-hickman, tn&ndash;ky micropolitan statistical area. ==history== a post office was established in the community, then known as pontotoc, in 1847. the post office was renamed fulton in 1861.{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3lac2fusj_oc&pg=pa111 | title=kentucky place names | publisher=university press of kentucky | year=1987 | accessdate=28 apr 2013 | author=rennick, robert m. | pages=111
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