United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Carpenter, Cathy2004-09-09Encyclopedia article about Fulton County, Georgia. Fulton County, the heart of the Atlanta metropolitan area, is located in the Georgia Piedmont near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Chattahoochee River forms its diagonal border, from the northeast to the southwest. The history of Fulton County is to a great extent the history of Georgia and its county seat, Atlanta (most of which lies in Fulton County, with the balance in DeKalb County). About 93 percent of the city of Atlanta's population resides in Fulton.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Fulton County (Ga.)Counties--GeorgiaFulton CountyText