Editing Fultondale, Alabama (section)

==History==
Fulton was a mining town in the 1900s. Fulton was incorporated in 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cityoffultondale.com/Aboutthecity/History/tabid/130/Default.aspx|title= History|publisher= City of Fultondale|access-date= March 7, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150206021456/http://www.cityoffultondale.com/Aboutthecity/History/tabid/130/Default.aspx|archive-date= February 6, 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref> The town's name is derived from the combination of the names of two nearby communities, '''Fulton Springs''' and '''Glendale'''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.cityoffultondale.com/Aboutthecity/History/tabid/130/Default.aspx |title= Profile for Fultondale, Alabama, AL |publisher= ePodunk |access-date= March 7, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150206021456/http://www.cityoffultondale.com/Aboutthecity/History/tabid/130/Default.aspx |archive-date= February 6, 2015 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

This area was once known as Fulton Springs.  Prior to the building of Interstate 65, US 31 was the main route for travelers northbound from Birmingham towards Nashville, Tennessee.  As a result, hotels such as the Keystone Lodge and Buchmann Motor Inn prospered.  On the city's southern edge was located one of the few drive-in theatres in the Birmingham area (the "Skyview").   This was torn down when I-65 was built in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Pine Bowl bowling alley is still a long time fixture in the city. Traces of the old routing of US 31 are still noticeable in the city. From just south of the city hall to an old bridge on this city's northern side, most of this old routing is known as Stouts Road or in some cases simply "old US 31."<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.cityoffultondale.com/Aboutthecity/History/tabid/130/Default.aspx| title= History| publisher= City of Fultondale| access-date= March 7, 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150206021456/http://www.cityoffultondale.com/Aboutthecity/History/tabid/130/Default.aspx| archive-date= February 6, 2015| url-status= dead}}</ref>

Fultondale was a relatively stagnant community until the last decade. Growth has occurred in residential areas mainly west of Interstate 65, while retail development has focused along and near the I-65/Walkers Chapel Road exit.

In the early 2000s, the Chapel Hills subdivision was begun on the west side of I-65 off of Ellard Road. In the years following, other new subdivisions have been built off of US Highway 31 including Black Creek Station, Town Square, and Fulton Springs.

On January 25, 2021, [[2021 Fultondale tornado|an EF3 tornado]] impacted Fultondale causing significant structural damage to numerous homes, vehicles, and businesses with several being severely damaged or destroyed. One person was killed and 30&nbsp;others were injured.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/2021/01/storm-damage-reported-in-fultondale-as-jefferson-county-tornado-watch-continues.html|title=Fultondale tornado kills 14-year-old boy; 30&nbsp;more people injured: 'Like a bomb went off'|date=January 26, 2021|website=al|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126235311/https://www.al.com/news/2021/01/storm-damage-reported-in-fultondale-as-jefferson-county-tornado-watch-continues.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=US Department of Commerce |first1=NOAA |title=Fultondale EF3 Tornado – January 25, 2021 |url=https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_01252021 |website=www.weather.gov |access-date=January 29, 2021 |language=EN-US |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126211639/https://www.weather.gov/bmx/event_01252021 |url-status=live }}</ref>