Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Fulton, KY

Fulton is a home rule-class city in Fulton County, Kentucky, in the far southwestern corner of the state.

The Tennessee state line forms the city's southern border, directly across from the city of South Fulton, Tennessee.

The community was first known as Pontotoc, where a post office was established in 1847.

It was renamed Fulton in 1861 and formally incorporated by the Kentucky state assembly in 1872.

Fulton's growth was stimulated by Fulton Station, a stop on the Paducah and Gulf Railroad.

Fulton was once known as the 'Banana Capital of the World' because its ice plant held the only ice house on the rail route north from New Orleans to Chicago, and more than 70 percent of the bananas consumed in the United States passed through the city as United Fruit Company banana cars were re-iced there.

The city hosted the International Banana Festival from 1962 to 1992, famous for a 2,000-pound banana pudding billed as the world's largest, and the festival was revived in the early 21st century with a largest-banana-pudding contest.

Fulton's unstaffed Amtrak station is one of only four Amtrak stops in Kentucky, served by the City of New Orleans route between Chicago and New Orleans.

Fulton is governed under the commission plan, with a mayor, four commissioners, and a city manager handling administration.

The city covers about 2.98 square miles.