Pulaski, TN
| Pulaski, Tennessee | |
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Town Square in Pulaski
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 Location of Pulaski, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates: 35°11′45″N 87°02′04″W / 35.19583°N 87.03444°WCoordinates: 35°11′45″N 87°02′04″W / 35.19583°N 87.03444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Giles |
| Incorporated | 1809 |
| Named for | Kazimierz Pułaski |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.2 sq mi (18.7 km2) |
| • Land | 7.2 sq mi (18.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 699 ft (213 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,870 |
| • Density | 1,208/sq mi (466.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 38478 |
| Area code(s) | 931 |
| FIPS code | 47-61040 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1298659 |
| Website | www |
Pulaski is a city and county seat of Giles County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,870 at the 2010 census.It was named to honor the Polish-born American Revolutionary War hero Kazimierz Pułaski. It is home to Martin Methodist College.
Pulaski was founded in 1809.
The vicinity of Pulaski was the site of a number of skirmishes during the Franklin–Nashville Campaign of the Civil War. In 1863, Confederate courier Sam Davis was hanged in Pulaski by the Union Army on suspicion of espionage.
In 1865, during the early days of the Reconstruction Era, the city became the birthplace of the first Ku Klux Klan (KKK), founded by six Tennessee veterans of the Confederate Army. John C. Lester, John B. Kennedy, James R. Crowe, Frank O. McCord, Richard R. Reed, and J. Calvin Jones established the Ku Klux Klan (K.K.K) in Pulaski on December 25, 1865. The Pulaski riot was a race riot that occurred in Pulaski in the summer of 1867.
Martin Methodist College was founded in Pulaski in 1870.
Pulaski is located in central Giles County at 35°11′45″N 87°2′4″W / 35.19583°N 87.03444°W (35.195786, -87.034328). The downtown area is on the north side of Richland Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Elk River.
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