Fulton, named for inventor Robert Fulton, and is located in northwestern Illinois in
Whiteside County across the
Mississippi River from
Clinton, IA. The population estimate for July 1, 1998 was 3,882, an increase of 184 since 1990.
The town has a strong Dutch heritage which is displayed the first weekend of May in the form of "Dutch Days". In addition, the town now has the only authentic, Dutch, working windmill--the "Windmill De Immigrant"--in Illinois. There is one other in the U.S.
