Pulaski County, Virginia

Founding: 1839
Parent counties: Montgomery and Wythe
Namesake: Casimir Pulaski, Continental Army general
Seat: Newbern (1839–1894); Pulaski (1894–)
Land area: 320 square miles
Population (2020): 33,800
Population (historic): 3,739 (1840); 5,416 (1860); 8,755 (1880); 14,609 (1900); 20,566 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1910; 1920–1950; 1960–1980; 1990s
Subdivisions: Two towns; eight CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,296 (13.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 40.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 17.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 18.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,663
Average outbuilding value (1930): $888

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 864
Average farm size (1920): 112.5 acres
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Pulaski

 
Namesake: Pulaski County
Founding: circa 1860 (founding); 1884 (post office); 1886 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 8,985
Population (historic): 2,112 (1890); 4,807 (1910); 7,168 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 886 (19.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Belle Hampton / James Tyler Farm (1826/1879). 5849 Belle Hampton Road. Italianate.
2. Haven Howe House (c. 1877). 6620 Ben Bolen Drive. Italianate.
3. Oakland / Joseph Cloyd Farm (1847). 6325 Cleburne Road. Greek Revival.
4. Back Creek Farm / Joseph Cloyd Farm (c. 1790). 6691 Cleburne Road. Federal.
5. Weldon House (1853). 5333 Empire Street. Italianate/Greek Revival.
6. Oak Shade / Gordon Kent Farm (1869). 6651 Kent Farm Road. Italianate/Greek Revival.
7. House (c. 1870). 5330 Lead Mine Road. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
8. Humility / Chester Bullard Farm (c. 1860/1885). 5375 Lead Mine Road.
9. Rockwood / Francis Bell Farm (1874–1875). 5189 Rockwood Drive. Italianate/Classical Revival.
10. Springdale / David McGavock House (1856–1857). 6451 Ruebush Road. Italianate/Greek Revival.
11. William Ingles Tavern (1772). Wilderness Road, along the New River.

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