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The village was named after Jacob Fults, born in Pennsylvania in 1793 to German immigrants. Fults, after leaving the service of the United States during the War of 1812 in 1817, settled on Moredock Lake. He then moved to the Renault precinct, first up Braun's Hollow, then in 1829 to the settlement known at the time as "Braunsberg", which would eventually take his name, until his death in 1841.

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Bill BradleyBill BradleyCrystal City · 10 miJay NixonJay NixonDe Soto · 19 miFWFrank WilcoxDe Soto · 19 miWMWilliam MerzRed Bud · 12 miTom SantschiTom SantschiCrystal City · 10 miAugustus C. DodgeAugustus C. DodgeSte. Genevieve · 16 mi
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Before
2000
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Fults is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Fults has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Maeystown Historic District in Maeystown, 4.4 miles away.

Fults and the nearest listed places

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Maeystown Historic DistrictFort de ChartresCreole HouseWaggener Dairy BarnFountain Creek BridgeWaterloo Historic District

Closest to Fults

Maeystown Historic DistrictMaeystown · District4.4miFort de ChartresPrairie du Rocher · Site6.3miCreole HousePrairie du Rocher · Building8.4miWaggener Dairy BarnOlympian Village · Building9.6miFountain Creek BridgeWaterloo · Structure11.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Maeystown Historic District’s page links to a real one.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

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