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History · Pulaski

25% of Pulaski’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Pulaski Presbyterian Church Complex. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1910.

1on the National Register
25%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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What stands out about Pulaski’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Pulaski are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19053 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1983. Watch Pulaski change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pulaski’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Pulaski on the map, 1905 to 1983

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pulaski. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Pulaski on the 1905 USGS mapPulaski on the 1960 USGS mapPulaski on the 1983 USGS map1905Richland Center sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pulaski.

The story

How Pulaski came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pulaski.

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The village was named after the Polish Revolutionary War general Casimir Pulaski, who was responsible for creating America's first cavalry.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pulaski, 1905 to 1992

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1939Born hereHarry Rozmiarek is born here
  4. 1992Born hereDeedra Irwin is born here
By decade

Pulaski, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Lenapark2017LenaparkWelcome sign to Pulaski, Wisconsin heading north 2014-03-02 00-002014Welcome sign to Pulaski, Wisconsin heading north 2014…Wis160EastTerminus2006Wis160EastTerminusPulaskiWisconsinChurch2006PulaskiWisconsinChurch
On the National Register

1 historic place in Pulaski

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
2
each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
Pulaski Presbyterian Church Complex
Pulaski Presbyterian Church Complex
Buildings
Pulaski Presbyterian Church ComplexBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Pulaski, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,0001920194019601980200020203,870

Grew from 436 people in 1910 to 3,870 in 2020, 8 times over.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pulaski’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Pulaski

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Deedra IrwinAmerican biathlete · b. 1992
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Harry RozmiarekAmerican academic · b. 1939
Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

Gone or out of use
Meadow Brook SchoolschoolPine Bluff SchoolschoolPrairie SchoolschoolPulaski Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Pulaski
AvocaSaint Joseph's

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Orion2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBuena VistaIts storyC+Muscoda1 historic placeAAvocaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClydeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHighlandIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMuscodaIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Pulaski’s history

What is on the National Register in Pulaski?

One place: the Pulaski Presbyterian Church Complex (listed 2013).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

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 →

From Wikimedia Commons (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.