Pulaski, Tennessee
| 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 | 6.6 sq mi (17.0 km2) |
| • Land | 6.6 sq mi (17.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 699 ft (213 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,870 |
| • Density | 1,200/sq mi (460/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 | pulaski-tn.com |
Pulaski is a city and county seat of Giles County, Tennessee. 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 of 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.
It is also home of the semi-annual Diana Singing, sponsored by the Churches of Christ, which attracts over 3,000 people to the town in June and September.
Pulaski is located at 35°11′45″N 87°2′4″W / 35.19583°N 87.03444°W (35.195786, -87.034328).
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