Formed December 13, 1808 (36th county)
Pulaski County (9,857), Hawkinsville (3,978)
A traditional Neo-Classical Revival courthouse, located at Commerce and Lumpkin streets, was built in 1874 with 1885, 1897 and 1910 facelifts. In 1910 an enlargement was added and the building was renovated in 2001. A. J. Bryan is the designer of this masonry and concrete building. An Administration Center was added in 1988. United States Highway 129 passes in front of the building as Commerce Street. The courthouse features a tower with a working clock and columns. Veteran memorials are on the grounds. Pulaski County was organized on December 13, 1808 as the 36th county. Hartford was the first county seat until 1836 when Hawkinsville took over. It was taken from a part of Laurens County. Revolutionary War hero Count Kazimierz Pulaski provided his name to the county. Senator Benjamin Hawkins inspired the name of the county seat. The county center is 3.9 miles South of Hawkinsville.
Pulaski County government consists of a sheriff, an administrator, a coroner, a clerk, and a tax commissioner (executive). It has 1 Commissioner (legislative.) Fifteen Superior Court Judges serve Pulaski, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Bleckley, Candler, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Emanuel, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Montgomery, Morgan, Putnam, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Twiggs, Washington, Wheeler, Wilcox, and Wilkinson counties and Four County Judges, court clerk, and county attorney serve Pulaski County (judicial.) Pulaski County is in south central Georgia south of Macon, Georgia and north of Valdosta, Georgia. The Ocmulgee River flows through the middle of the county. The county is surrounded clockwise by Bleckley, Dodge, Wilcox, Dooly, and Houston counties.
The area of the county is 247 square miles. It is 122 out of 159 counties in the state. It ranks 125 out of 159 in population in the state. It has a density of 39.9 persons per square mile making it 105 out of 159 in the state. Pulaski County has 40.4% of its population in its incorporated areas. United States Highway 129 enters the county from the north, Houston County, and exits to the south, Wilcox County. United States Highway 129A comes in from Bleckley County to the northeast and terminates in the county. United States Highway 341 crosses east to west from Dodge County to Houston County. The county is shaped like a hatchet blade. Hawkinsville is in the northern quarter of the county. Hawkinsville is the county seat and the largest and only city in the county. It is 40.4% of the county population. The county is pronounced POO-LAS-KEE.
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