Fulton Twp. is located in the northwest corner of Whiteside County. The town of Fulton is on the Mississippi River. The north and eastern part of the town is on high bluffs bordering the river. The remainder of the town is on low flat ground. The first settler in 1832 Fulton was Mr. John Baker, a native of Queen Ann's Co. MD. It soon became a prosperous rivertown, because of the natural resources of timber, lead and iron which were transported down the river. There was a big influx of Holland people who came at teh middle of teh 19th century. The Fulton Twp. cemetery is located on one of the very high bluffs at the northern part of the town. It is bounded by 2nd and 6th Avenues and 6th and 9th Streets. The original part of the cemetery is located on the very highest point of one of these hills. The graves on the top, east and south sides are no longer marked. The stones have broken and have been removed. No record can be found of those buried there. The 1st Holland Reformed Church bought the land on the south slope. But their record too was lost when their church was burned some years ago. Because Fulton became a Holland settlement, many of the names in the cemetery are Dutch.