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Pulaski was founded in 1856. It is named for Casimir Pulaski.
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Pulaski’s post office opened in 1852, and 66% of its homes were built before 1940
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When was Pulaski founded?
1852
The Pulaski post office opened in 1852, the earliest record of the town by name.
2020 census: 264174 years
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History of Davis County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of many of its leading citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early sett1882 · page 632Read the page →
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was educated in the common schools. While yet a boy, he learned cabinetmaking with his father, at which he worked about five years. He then ran a steam saw-mill for several years. In 1856 he came to Iowa and located near Pulaski, in this county, where he ran a saw-mill, and worked at carpentering for several years. In 1874 he went into the insurance business in this conntj', and has done more or less of it ever since. In 1877 and 1878 he was salesman in Higby and McCarty's hardware store, but for the last three years has devoted liis entire time to the insurance business. He
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History of Davis County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of many of its leading citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early sett1882 · page 621Read the page →
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he was thrown upon his own resources, and began working on a farm at f 50 a year. In 1848. he came to Indiana, and there farmed for two years, ami in 1850, came to Iowa, and located three miles east of Bloomfield, and remained there till 1857, wdien he moved to Pulaski, where he laid out that town in 185S, and bought cuit Mr. Miller, and went into mercantile business, which he continued about one year, when he again turned farmer, till the fall of 1862, when he came to Bloomfield, and again went into mercantile
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Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →
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