Pulaski County, Georgia
[3] In the antebellum years, it was developed for cotton cultivation and is part of the Black Belt of Georgia, an arc of highly fertile soil.The county was named for Count Kazimierz Pułaski of Poland who fought and died for United States independence in the American Revolutionary War.African Americans especially joined the Great Migration to northern and midwestern cities, both to gain work and to escape the Jim Crow racial oppression of the South.[5] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 9,855 people, 3,687 households, and 2,479 families residing in the county.[17] The Georgia Department of Corrections operates the Pulaski State Prison in Hawkinsville.
Pulaski, GeorgiaCountyPulaski County CourthouseGeorgiaNamed forKazimierz PułaskiHawkinsvilleTime zoneUTC−5EasternUTC−4central portionU.S. state2020 censuscounty seatGeorgia General AssemblyLaurens CountyDodge CountyBleckley CountyPolandUnited StatesindependenceAmerican Revolutionary WarGreat MigrationJim CrowU.S. Census BureauOcmulgee RiverAltamaha RiverU.S. Route 129U.S. Route 129 AlternateU.S. Route 129 BusinessU.S. Route 341U.S. Route 341 BusinessState Route 11State Route 11 BusinessState Route 26State Route 27State Route 112State Route 230State Route 247State Route 257Wilcox CountyDooly CountyHouston CountyHartfordBlack or African AmericanNative AmericanPacific IslanderOther/MixedHispanicLatino2020 United States censussole commissionerGeorgia Department of CorrectionsPulaski State PrisonRepublicanDemocraticThird party(ies)National Register of Historic Places listings in Pulaski County, GeorgiaList of counties in GeorgiaUnited States Census BureauWayback MachineUnincorporatedcommunityWarner RobinsFort ValleyAllentownCentervilleCullodenDanvilleForsythJeffersonvilleRobertaAvondaleBolingbrokeBonaireClinchfieldDunbarElbertaFranklintonHaddockJulietteKathleenKnoxvilleLizellaMusellaRobins AFBSofkeeWaldenCrawfordHoustonMonroeTwiggsMacon Metropolitan Statistical AreaWarner Robins Metropolitan Statistical AreaAtlantaTopicsClimate changeGeologyHistoryCongressional delegationsGovernmentPeoplenewspapersElectionsGeographyState parksSymbolsTransportationAfrican AmericansSlaveryAbortionCultureDemographicsEducationGun lawsLGBT rightsPoliticsSportsCentral GeorgiaCoastal GeorgiaEast GeorgiaEast Central GeorgiaGolden IslesLower Coastal PlainMetro AtlantaNorth Georgia