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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