Editing Pulaski, Virginia

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Town of Pulaski, Virginia
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|pushpin_label = Pulaski
| subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Virginia|County]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_name1        = [[Virginia]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Pulaski County, Virginia|Pulaski]]
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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Shannon Collins
|established_title        = 
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 8.12
|area_land_sq_mi          = 8.07
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.05
|area_water_percent       = 
|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_total         = 9086
|population_metro         = 
|population_note          = U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census
|timezone                 = [[Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset = &minus;5
|timezone_DST             = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = &minus;4
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|elevation_ft             = 1903
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|blank1_info              = 1499922<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref>
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 24301
|area_code
                = [[Area code 540|540]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 51-64880<ref name="GR2" />
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_as_of = 2019
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|population_est = 8714
|unit_pref = Imperial
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|population_density_sq_mi = 1079.94
|area_total_km2 = 21.03
|area_land_km2 = 20.90
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|population_density_km2 = 416.96
}}
'''Pulaski''' is a town in [[Pulaski County, Virginia]], United States. The population was 9,086 at the 2010 census. It is the [[county seat]] of Pulaski County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>

Pulaski is part of the [[Blacksburg-Christiansburg metropolitan area]].

==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>

==Geography==
Pulaski is located at {{coord|37.050094|-80.772193|type:city_region:US-VA|format=dms|display=inline}} (37.050094, &minus;80.772193).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 7.8&nbsp;square miles (12.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), all  land.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = Pulaski, Virginia (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1920–present)
|single line = Y
|width = auto
|Jan record high F = 73
|Feb record high F = 79
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 91
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 99
|Jul record high F = 99
|Aug record high F = 98
|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F = 92
|Nov record high F = 80
|Dec record high F = 74
|year record high F = 99
|Jan high F = 42.8
|Feb high F = 46.1
|Mar high F = 53.8
|Apr high F = 64.6
|May high F = 72.5
|Jun high F = 79.4
|Jul high F = 82.8
|Aug high F = 81.5
|Sep high F = 75.9
|Oct high F = 66.2
|Nov high F = 55.4
|Dec high F = 45.9
|year high F = 63.9
|Jan mean F = 33.2
|Feb mean F = 35.8
|Mar mean F = 42.6
|Apr mean F = 52.3
|May mean F = 60.7
|Jun mean F = 68.3
|Jul mean F = 72.0
|Aug mean F = 70.6
|Sep mean F = 64.5
|Oct mean F = 53.8
|Nov mean F = 43.7
|Dec mean F = 36.1
|year mean F = 52.8
|Jan low F = 23.6
|Feb low F = 25.6
|Mar low F = 31.3
|Apr low F = 39.9
|May low F = 49.0
|Jun low F = 57.3
|Jul low F = 61.2
|Aug low F = 59.7
|Sep low F = 53.1
|Oct low F = 41.4
|Nov low F = 32.0
|Dec low F = 26.4
|year low F = 41.7
|Jan record low F = −16
|Feb record low F = −13
|Mar record low F = 0
|Apr record low F = 12
|May record low F = 25
|Jun record low F = 32
|Jul record low F = 39
|Aug record low F = 33
|Sep record low F = 28
|Oct record low F = 14
|Nov record low F = 3
|Dec record low F = −12
|year record low F = -16
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.18
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.67
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.56
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.59
|May precipitation inch = 3.99
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.96
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.83
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.51
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.22
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.85
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.47
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.17
|year precipitation inch = 40.00
|Jan snow inch = 4.7
|Feb snow inch = 4.6
|Mar snow inch = 2.3
|Apr snow inch = 0.6
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.1
|Dec snow inch = 3.5
|year snow inch = 15.8
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 9.2
|Feb precipitation days = 8.8
|Mar precipitation days = 10.4
|Apr precipitation days = 11.2
|May precipitation days = 12.5
|Jun precipitation days = 11.9
|Jul precipitation days = 12.7
|Aug precipitation days = 11.2
|Sep precipitation days = 9.5
|Oct precipitation days = 8.6
|Nov precipitation days = 7.8
|Dec precipitation days = 9.2
|year precipitation days = 123.0
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 2.4
|Feb snow days = 2.5
|Mar snow days = 1.4
|Apr snow days = 0.3
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.2
|Dec snow days = 1.7
|year snow days = 8.5
| source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= nws>
{{cite web
| url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=rnk
| title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = July 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00446955&format=pdf
| title = Station: Pulaski 2 E, VA
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = July 1, 2021}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 2112
|1900= 2813
|1910= 4807
|1920= 5282
|1930= 7168
|1940= 8792
|1950= 9202
|1960= 10469
|1970= 10279
|1980= 10106
|1990= 9985
|2000= 9473
|2010= 9086
|estyear=2019
|estimate=8714
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Pulaski town hall from southeast.jpg|thumb|Pulaski Town Hall]]
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 9,473 people, 4,173 households, and 2,670 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was 1,211.2 people per square mile (467.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 4,517 housing units at an average density of 577.6 per square mile (223.0/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the town was 89.55% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.75% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.12% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.36% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.08% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.96% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.18% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.02% of the population.

There were 4,173 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.0% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $25,481, and the median income for a family was $36,339. Males had a median income of $28,054 versus $20,177 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $21,338. About 16.1% of families and 21.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 30.7% of those under age 18 and 19.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
[[Pulaski County High School (Virginia)|Pulaski County High School]] is Pulaski County's sole [[High school (North America)|high school]].  The school is located in [[Dublin, Virginia]] and has around 1500 students.  [[New River Community College]] is Pulaski County's closest school of higher learning within the county lines.  New River Community College (NRCC) is a comprehensive community college located in the New River Valley of Virginia with the school physically located in Dublin, Virginia.  Other significant institutions of higher learning located in the region are [[Wytheville Community College]] located in the nearby city of [[Wytheville, Virginia]];  [[Radford University]], a four-year public, state-funded university located in [[Radford, Virginia]] and [[Virginia Tech]], which is a public land grant polytechnic university in [[Blacksburg, Virginia]].

==Recreation==
The town was home to the [[Pulaski Yankees]] baseball club of the [[Appalachian League]] at [[Calfee Park]]. In 2021, the team became the [[Pulaski River Turtles]].

The northern end of [[New River Trail State Park]] is in Pulaski. There are 6 miles of purpose built mountain bike trails on Draper Mountain, and access to rural and scenic roads for road biking.

Gatewood Park and Reservoir is 400 scenic acres nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwest Virginia. The park is owned by The Town of Pulaski and is accessible from Interstates 81 and 77.

==Notable people==
*[[Lewis Kenneth Bausell]], Medal of Honor recipient
*[[Ed Goodson]], baseball player
*[[Shayne Graham]], NFL football player
*[[Jeff King (American football)|Jeff King]], NFL football player
*[[Scott Mactavish]], filmmaker and author
*[[Garnett Moore]] (1914–1984), lawyer and state delegate<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-former-delegate-garnet/156590392/ |title=Former Delegate Garnett Moore Dies in Roanoke |date=1984-07-26 |newspaper=[[The Roanoke Times|The Roanoke Times & World-News]] |page=20 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2024-10-05}}{{Open access}}</ref>
*[[Temple Painter]], American harpsichordist and organist
*[[Matokie Slaughter]], clawhammer banjo player

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.claytorlakeonline.com/ Claytor Lake Online Website]

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