Formed April 19, 1850 (63rd county)
Fulton County (14,559), McConnellsburg (1,154)
Tall front columns dominate the Greek Revival 1851 red brick building. The courthouse is located at 2nd and Market streets. United States Highway 522 is 2nd Street in this part of the town. Jacob Stoner is the building designer. The county was formed on April 19, 1850 from Bedford County as the 63rd county with McConnellsburg as the only county seat. The county is named for inventor Robert Fulton. McConnellsburg is named for city founder, Daniel McConnell.
Fulton County government consists of a treasurer, a sheriff, an attorney, a coroner, and a clerk (executive). It has 3 Commissioners (legislative.) Five Common Pleas Court Judges and Three Magistrate Court Judges serve Fulton and Franklin counties (judicial.) Fulton County is on the southern border with Maryland. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is northwest and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is northeast of the county. The county center is 10 miles West of McConnellsburg nearer Andover. The county is surrounded clockwise by Huntingdon and Franklin counties and Maryland and Bedford County.
The area of the county is 438 square miles. It is 52 out of 67 in the state. It ranks 64 out of 67 in population in the state. It has a density of 33.2 persons per square mile making it 63 out of 67 in the state. Fulton County has 8.0% of its population in its incorporated areas. Interstate Highway 70 enters the county from the west, Bedford County, and exits south into Maryland. Interstate Highway 76 goes east to west from Franklin County to Bedford County. United States Highway 30 comes from Franklin County, east, and goes to Bedford County, west. United States Highway 522 travels north to south from Huntingdon County to Maryland. Fulton County is shaped like a leaning column. McConnellsburg is near the eastern border of the county. McConnellsburg is the county seat and the largest city. It is 7.9% of the county population.
McConnellsburg
