The Pulaski Township post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Marr (1853), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 3,658 in 20002020 census: 3,102195 years
How historic is Pulaski Township?
B
More historic than 57% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Pulaski Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
History grade
What drives Pulaski Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Pulaski Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #644 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Its age holds the grade up; its National Register listings pull it down.
B
HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Pulaski Township’s overall grade.
Pennsylvania towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Pennsylvania town has 2.1 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Pulaski Township’s 0.0 sits below most of its state (25% of Pennsylvania towns have fewer) while its 0 listings outnumber those of 23% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±6.3 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Pulaski Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds
Another post office, Marr, opened and closed inside today’s town.
New Bedford
1819–today
Pulaski
1831–today
Marr
1853–1865
Villa Maria
1889–today
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
FrizzleburgNashuaNew BedfordPulaskiVilla Maria
Gone or out of use
Brown SchoolschoolLewisport Airportairport
7cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pulaski Township
Deer CreekEvergreenFrizzleburgHopewellPulaskiSaint JamesVilla Maria
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Pulaski Township on the map, 1905 to 1990
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pulaski Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1905Neshannock sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pulaski Township.
The story so far
Pulaski Township, in brief
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Pulaski Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Pulaski Township is a township in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,096 at the 2020 census, a decline from the figure of 3,452 tabulated in 2010. The township was originally incorporated in 1846 as part of Mercer County, and in 1849, joined the newly created Lawrence County.
Its first post office opened in 1831. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 3,452 to 3,102 (-10%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Pulaski Township in 1908
Passages that mention Pulaski Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
20th century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania1908 · page 944Read the page →
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public schools, supplemented by a threeyears' course at Grove City College. He then engaged as an instructor in the schools, teaching in Pulaski Township for a period of twelve years. He then turned his attention to farming in Pulaski Township, and has one of the best improved farms in the vicinity. He farms along the
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20th century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania1908 · page 534Read the page →
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Stevenson, of Pulaski Township ; Mary E., of New Bedford; and Emma B., also of New Bedford. After his removel to Pulaski Township, Joseph Brown was frequently called upon to serve the community in official capacity, which he did with marked efficiency.
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Pulaski Township, 1819 to 1905
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Pulaski Township post office opened in 1831, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Pulaski Township rank for history?
Pulaski Township is more historic than 57% of U.S. towns, #644 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
How old are the homes in Pulaski Township?
16% of Pulaski Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±6.3 points), against a typical 18% for a Pennsylvania town; the median home was built in 1974.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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