Editing Pulaski, Virginia (section)

==History==
Pulaski was incorporated as a town in 1886.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tennis|first=Joe|title=Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiiZPTGk9IC&pg=PA144|year=2004|publisher=The Overmountain Press|isbn=978-1-57072-256-1|page=144}}</ref> The town was named for Count [[Casimir Pulaski]], a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] hero from [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25644|title=Profile for Pulaski, Virginia|publisher=[[ePodunk]]|access-date=June 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925181455/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25644|archive-date=September 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On April 8, 2011, two [[Tornadoes of 2011#April|tornadoes]] hit Pulaski, which destroyed 31 buildings and damaged 77 others.<ref name="post">{{Cite web   | last = Weil   | first = Martin   | title = Va. county suffers small earthquake, 2 tornadoes   | work = [[The Washington Post]]   | date = April 15, 2011 | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/va-county-suffers-small-earthquake-2-tornadoes/2011/04/15/AFbCPelD_story.html   | access-date = April 20, 2011}}</ref> The tornadoes caused an estimated [[USD|$]]1.68 million in damage.<ref name="times">{{Cite web   | last = Matzke-Fawcett   | first = Amy   | title = Pulaski recovery efforts shaping up   | publisher = [[The Roanoke Times]]   | date = April 19, 2011 | url = http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/283784   | access-date = April 20, 2011}}</ref>

===Historic sites===
[[Calfee Park|Calfee Athletic Field]], [[Dalton Theatre Building]], [[Pulaski County Courthouse (Virginia)|Pulaski County Courthouse]], [[Pulaski Historic Commercial District]], [[Pulaski Historic Residential District]], and [[Pulaski South Historic Residential and Industrial District]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>