16-455: The Pulaski Citizen is a local newspaper serving Pulaski, Tennessee . It is currently available in both print and online editions. Between online and print editions, total circulation for the newspaper is listed at 3,500. The Pulaski Citizen was founded in 1854 as a four page weekly. It has been in continuous publication since 1866. In the years after the Civil War, the paper's editor
32-553: A bypass route; it leads east 29 miles (47 km) to Fayetteville and west 18 miles (29 km) to Lawrenceburg . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 7.2 square miles (18.7 km ), all land. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 8,397 people, 3,189 households, and 1,746 families residing in the city. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,871 people, 3,455 households, and 2,038 families residing in
48-753: A number of skirmishes during the Franklin–Nashville Campaign . Union troops occupied the state from 1862, and hundreds of African Americans left plantations even before the Emancipation Proclamation to join their lines. In 1863, Confederate courier Sam Davis was hanged in Pulaski by the Union Army on suspicion of espionage. After the war, in late 1865, six Tennessee veterans of the Confederate Army founded
64-620: A secret society, later known as the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). This was the first chapter. These men, John C. Lester, John B. Kennedy, James R. Crowe, Frank O. McCord, Richard R. Reed, and J. Calvin Jones, established the KKK on December 25, 1865. They created rules for a secret, hierarchical society devoted to suppressing freedmen and their white allies, and maintaining white supremacy . The white insurgents were determined to fight secretly against
80-473: Is located three nautical miles (6 km) southwest of the central business district of Pulaski. The local newspaper is the Pulaski Citizen . Pulaski is home to two high schools, Giles County High School and Richland High School ( Lynnville ). Pulaski is also home to Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski (TCAT) and to University of Tennessee Southern . In 1903, Pulaski was home to
96-588: Is on the north side of Richland Creek , a southward-flowing tributary of the Elk River . U.S. Route 31 passes through the center of Pulaski as First Street, leading north 30 miles (48 km) to Columbia and southeast 19 miles (31 km) to Ardmore at the Alabama border. U.S. Route 31 Alternate (E. Grigsby Street) leaves U.S. 31 in the north part of Pulaski and heads northeast 23 miles (37 km) to Lewisburg . U.S. Route 64 passes south of Pulaski on
112-826: The Pulaski Baseball Club , an independent Minor League Baseball team that played in the Tennessee–Alabama League . The Diana Singing, near Pulaski in Cornersville, is home of the semi-annual Diana Singing, sponsored by the Churches of Christ . The event attracts over 3,000 people to the area in June and September. The town was mentioned in the 1986 film Platoon by Chris Taylor, a character played by Charlie Sheen . Richland Creek (Tennessee) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
128-406: The average family size was 2.82. In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.1% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.4 males. The median income for a household in the city
144-771: The city in the winter of 1868, following a heated election season. Martin Methodist College was founded in Pulaski in 1870 as a private college for white students. Martin Methodist College was merged with the UT System in 2021 to become the new campus under the University of Tennessee System . It is now known as University of Tennessee Southern and is a public university. Pulaski is located in central Giles County at 35°11′45″N 87°2′4″W / 35.19583°N 87.03444°W / 35.19583; -87.03444 (35.195786, -87.034328). The downtown area
160-428: The city. The population density was 1,200.8 inhabitants per square mile (463.6/km ). There were 3,888 housing units at an average density of 593.2 per square mile (229.0/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 70.40% White , 27.06% African American , 0.24% Native American , 0.85% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.23% from other races , and 1.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.11% of
176-457: The political advancement of freedmen and of sympathetic whites. Chapters of the KKK quickly were organized in other parts of the state and the South. KKK members often attacked their victims at night, to increase the intimidation of threats and assaults. Other incidents of racial violence against blacks also took place. The Pulaski riot was a race riot initiated against blacks that took place in
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#1732783449861192-409: The population. There were 3,455 households, out of which 26.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.7% were married couples living together, 18.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and
208-478: Was $ 27,459, and the median income for a family was $ 37,219. Males had a median income of $ 30,400 versus $ 21,714 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 16,751. About 12.7% of families and 18.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 28.1% of those under age 18 and 17.1% of those age 65 or over. Abernathy Field is a public-use airport owned by the City of Pulaski and Giles County. It
224-575: Was L.W. McCord, whose brother Frank McCord was a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan . During this period L.W. McCord feigned ignorance of what the Ku Klux Klan was, while simultaneously printing messages from them in the paper that he claimed to be mysteriously delivered. Subsequently, Laps D. McCord became the owner, passing it on to others in the McCord family after his death. In 1892 the Citizen
240-511: Was founded in 1809. During the Civil War , after the Union took control of Tennessee in 1862, thousands of African Americans left plantations and farms to join their lines for refuge. The Army set up a contraband camp in Pulaski to help house the freedmen and their families, feed them, and put them to work. In addition, education classes were started. The vicinity of Pulaski was the site of
256-557: Was purchased by a Nashville businessman, leaving the McCord family. Pulaski, Tennessee Pulaski is a city in and the county seat of Giles County , which is located on the central-southern border of Tennessee , United States. The population was 8,397 at the 2020 census. It was named after Casimir Pulaski , a noted Polish-born general on the Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War . Pulaski
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