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Facts about Fulton County

Fulton County is located in the Appalachian Mountains of south central Pennsylvania along the Maryland State line. Rectangular in shape, the county is approximately 15 miles wide and 29 miles long; and has an approximate land area of 278,400 acres or 435 square miles.

Ray's Hill Mountain provides the common boundary between Fulton and Bedford Counties on the west, while the Majestic Cove and Tuscarora Mountains separate Fulton from Franklin County on the east. Huntingdon County bounds Fulton on the north while the Mason-Dixon Line between Pennsylvania and Maryland bounds the county on the south. Sideling Hill is the principal mountain within the county boundaries with an elevation of 2,345 feet. Typical of the Appalachian Mountain area, the county is a series of small, narrow, flat valleys surrounded by ridges running northeast and southwest.

Nearly three-fourths of the surface run-off flows south into the Potomac River in Maryland. The principal streams of the Potomac system are the Big and Little Tonoloway Creeks and Licking Creek. The remainder of the surface drainage flows north to the tributaries of the Juniata River that empties into the Susquehanna River. The principal streams of the Susquehanna system include Brush Creek, Sideling Hill Creek, Wooden Bridge Creek, and Little Aughwick Creek.

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