THE FULTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Uplands setting.
Fulton township has 25.8 square miles of land in Lancaster County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Uplands, within Northern Piedmont.
Rounded low hills, open valleys and irregular plains form a transition between Appalachian highlands and the coastal plain. The underlying geology mixes metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary rocks.
Regional context: Northern Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Fulton and Lancaster County
Fulton is associated with Lancaster County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Fulton by land and water
The Census records 3.44 square miles of water within Fulton, or 11.8% of its total area. It is 7.7 percentage points higher than the 4.1% recorded for Lancaster County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fulton township has 15.1 times the land area of nearby Wakefield CDP (1.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

