Fulton is the largest city in and the county chair of Callaway County, Missouri, United States. Located virtually 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Jefferson City and the Missouri River and 20 miles (32 km) east of Columbia, the city is allowance of the Jefferson City, Missouri, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,790 in the 2010 census. The city is home to two universities, Westminster College and William Woods University; the Missouri School for the Deaf; the Fulton State Hospital; and the Fulton Reception and Diagnostic Center give leave to enter prison. Missouri’s solitary nuclear skill plant, the Callaway Plant is located 13 miles southeast of Fulton.

The first settlement in the county was in 1809 at Cote Sans Dessein along the Missouri River. Early leaders considered siting the first Missouri declare capital in the territory amongst Wainwright and Tebbetts. Callaway County was organized in 1820 and was named after Captain James Callaway, who was killed by Native Americans. Elizabeth became the first county seat. Many of the villages and towns in the county today represent places where railroad stations existed in yet to be years.

In 1861, word arrived that Union troops had radical to a easy to do to county. Colonel Jefferson F. Jones, from eastern Callaway County, assembled troops to guard the county. Forces were limited as many were already defending the country, but Jones marched the troops eastward to meet the approximately companies.

The well-to-do defense was merely an illusion. Tree logs, erected by the troops, resembled artillery in the shadows of campfires and deterred Union troops. Talks continued several days and secured a mutual ceasefire consent between the United States of America and Callaway County. Elated from the flourishing defense, citizens proclaimed their county The Kingdom of Callaway, a suggestion that remains today.