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Place Description
Fulford Point

peninsula extending off the NW side of Goose Creek Island into Goose Creek estuary, NE Pamlico County.

Fulk Creek

rises in SE Stokes County and flows SE into Dan River.

Fullard Creek

rises in S Onslow County and flows SE into Chadwick Bay. Named for Thomas Fulwood or Fullwood, an early settler. Mentioned in local records as early as 1748.

Fuller's Creek

rises in SW Caswell County and flows N into Moon Creek.

Fullwood

or See Matthews.

Fulmore

community in central Robeson County served by post office, 1880-1902.

Fulp

community in N Forsyth County and S Stokes County.

Fulp Creek

rises in NE Forsyth County and flows N into Redbank Creek.

Fulton

a small community in E Davie County on the Yadkin River. Inc. 1819, but active only a short time in municipal affairs, if at all. Site laid off in town lots when attempts were made to improve navigation on the Yadkin River. Post office est. 1822. Probably named for Hamilton Fulton (d. 1834), state engineer, who was employed in connection with many internal-improvement projects. A native of England, Fulton arrived in North Carolina in July 1819.

Fulton Township

SE Davie County.