Fulton County, Pennsylvania

Fulton County is a located in the  of. As of, the population is 14,261.

Fulton County was created on, from part of  and named for inventor.

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Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,134 (438 ). 1,133 km² (438 sq mi) of it is land and 1 km² (0 sq mi) of it (0.11%) is water.

Adjacent counties

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Geology
Fulton County is situated within the, which is characterized by folded and faulted s of early to middle  age. (PA Geologic Survey Map 13)

The stratigraphic record of sedimentary rocks within the county spans from the Shadygrove Formation outcropping just south of McConnelsburg to the  Allegheny Group at the northernmost tip of the county. No igneous or metamorphic rocks of any kind exist within the county.

Town Hill and, and the Meadow Grounds are s that trend to the northeast, and are held up by the Pocono Formation, made of quartz  and. Broad Top, located in the northeast corner of the county, is a plateau of relatively flat-lying rocks that are stratigraphically higher, and thus younger ( and ), than most of the other rocks within the county. Broad Top extends into to the north and  to the west.

All of Fulton County lies far to the south of the, and thus it was never glaciated (PA Geologic Survey Map 59). However, during the epoch, or "Ice Age,"  (meaning "around glacier" or simply "cold") processes dominated. Most of the county was most likely a at this time. The many boulder fields obvious as rocky and often treeless areas on mountainsides within the county formed as a result of seasonal freeze-thaw cycles during this time.

The Broad Top Coal Field is located in Wells Township in the northwestern corner of the county  (PA Geologic Survey Map 11). The field contains bituminous coal. There are a few abandoned mines in the area, although is not as much of an environmental problem in Fulton County as it is in adjacent  and  Counties. .

Interesting geologic features within Fulton County include some of the following:
 * The Meadow Grounds syncline west of McConnellsburg.
 * A transpression structure is located on the east side of the Meadow Grounds syncline. This structure consists of a complex set of up-thrust fault blocks of  and  rocks bounded on all sides by north-trending faults.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 14,261 people, 5,660 households, and 4,097 families residing in the county. The was 13/km² (33/sq mi). There were 6,790 housing units at an average density of 6/km² (16/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 98.25%, 0.66% or , 0.20% , 0.11% , 0.01% , 0.04% from , and 0.72% from two or more races. 0.36% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 5,660 households out of which 31.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.50% were living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.60% were non-families. 24.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 25.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 100.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.60 males.



Dialect, Accent, and Language
Almost everyone that lives in Fulton County speaks as their first language. The dominant form of speech in Fulton County is the.

Municipalities
Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities:, , townships, and, in at most two cases,. The following boroughs and townships are located in Fulton County:

Politics
Fulton County is one of if not the most counties in Pennsylvania. In 2004, received 4,772 votes (76%) to 1,475 votes (24%) for, making it Bush's strongest county in the slightly  state. The county has voted for the Republican in every since 1964. In 2006, and  received more than 60% of the Fulton County vote despite their defeats statewide.