About Fulton
Fulton, MD is a small unincorporated community located in central Maryland.
Fulton holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.79 square miles.
📰 Fulton News Today
- Fulton Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
- Margaret Boppert Fulton Obituary Feb 24, 2026 McComas Family Funeral Homes · Feb 24
- Chester Anthony DiLallo Obituary Jul 26, 2026 Legacy obituary · Aug 9
- Bomb threat evacuates Reservoir High School, police scanning school WMAR 2 News Baltimore · Jun 10
- Thousands to run Maryland Half Marathon and 5K in Maple Lawn for cancer research wbaltv.com · Jun 5
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Fulton Unique
- One of 16 places in the US named Fulton — but the Maryland one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Part of the fabric of Maryland — one of 536 recognized communities statewide.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Fulton
📍 Clarksville Meadows📍 Clarksville Ridge📍 Flamewood📍 Hallmark📍 Hopkins Mead📍 Kings Manor📍 Maple Lawn📍 Mooresfield📍 Pembroke Knolls📍 Riverside📍 Riverside Estates📍 Scott Acres📍 Simpson Woods
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Fulton
- Ananda — fine dining
- Banditos Tacos & Tequila Maple Lawn — mexican
- Cypriana — greek
- Decadent A Coffee and Dessert Bar — breakfast (café)
- Facci — italian
- Galliano — italian
- Ginza of Tokyo — japanese
- Gong Cha — bubble tea (café)
- Kloby's Smokehouse — barbecue
- La Palapa Too — mexican
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Fulton
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Fulton
- Cedar Lane Special Center
- Fulton Elementary
- Lime Kiln Middle
- Reservoir High
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area3.79 sq mi
Coordinates39.1531, -76.9116