Fulton County, Georgia

For other uses, see Fulton County (disambiguation).

Fulton County is a county in the state of Georgia. The county seat of Fulton County is Atlanta, which is the state capital. As of 2020, the population was around 1,070,000 persons.^[1]

Fulton County
County
Atlanta's Fulton County Courthouse in 2011
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Location within the U.S. state of Georgia
Georgia's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 33°47′N 84°28′W
Country	United States
State	Georgia
Founded	December 20, 1853; 172 years ago (1853)
Named for	Robert Fulton
Seat	Atlanta
Largest city	Atlanta
Area
• Total	534 sq mi (1,380 km2)
• Land	527 sq mi (1,360 km2)
• Water	7.7 sq mi (20 km2)  1.4%
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	1,066,710
• Density	2,000/sq mi (800/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Website	www.fultoncountyga.gov

Cities and towns

• Alpharetta
• Atlanta
• Chattahoochee Hills
• College Park
• East Point
• Fairburn
• Hapeville
• Johns Creek
• Milton
• Mountain Park
• Palmetto
• Roswell
• Sandy Springs
• Union City

Rural communities

• Birmingham (now within Milton)
• Campbellton
• Crabapple (now within Milton)
• Ocee (originally New York, then Mazeppa, now within Johns Creek)
• Red Oak
• Rico
• Sandtown
• Shakerag
• South Fulton (entirety of remaining unincorporated land, voted against cityhood in 2007)
• Warsaw