Pulaski, New York
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Pulaski is a village in Oswego County
, New York
, United States
. The population was 2,365 at the 2010 census.
The Village of Pulaski is within the Town of Richland
, and lies between the eastern shore of Lake Ontario
and the Tug Hill
region. The village is located on US Route 11 and is adjacent to Interstate 81
. Pulaski was incorporated on April 26, 1832. Although the village takes its name after General Casimir Pulaski (icon ), area residents have traditionally pronounced it with a long "i" (icon ). The historic core of the village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1983 as the Pulaski Village Historic District
.
Pulaski lies in the Snowbelt
which is characterized by heavy amounts of lake effect snow. It has a regional reputation for its heavy snow accumulations and adverse traveling conditions in winter, and for the long duration of winter conditions, often from mid-November through mid-April.
Mary Parker the local Historian offered these two possibilities in an article titled "Name Selection A Mystery". One of which she says is the most credible is in 1829, three years before in incorporation “Thomas C. Baker a prominent lawyer, liberal, abolitionist, and leading citizen had proposed the name at a meeting.” One other story states that “Revolutionary War heroes put names in a hat and the name Casmir Pulaski had been pulled". As Mary Parker says one or both may not be true but local historians are researching how the name was picked.
In October 1816 the first court of Oswego County was held in Oswego, when a number of people presented themselves and were admitted to the bar, thus being the only business transacted. However in February, 1817 the first jury was selected for court was convened in Pulaski. It was only three years after the first court was held in Oswego County was there a court house erected in Pulaski.
A few miles to the west from the village of Pulaski at the mouth of the Salmon River harbored a lighthouse. In the 1830s the government engineers determined that the mouth had sufficient depth that it could harbor thirty ships. So in August 1838 the lighthouse was inaugurated. The lamp originally ran on whale oil. Due to the lack of importance of the harbor it was deactivated in 1858. In 1989 a Coast Guard Class II navigation aid was installed and was reactivated. It was placed on the National Registry of Historic places in March 1979.
“In 1853 the citizens of the village became interested in the education of their children and youth. An act of legislature was passed to consolidate parts of three school districts within the village into one”. There on after it was the “Pulaski school district”. This enabled the school to be go by the name “Pulaski Academy”. The Pulaski Academy and Central School currently occupies two buildings: Lura Sharp Elementary School (built in 1939 and originally housed grades K-12 until 1969) and the Pulaski Middle-Senior High School (built in 1969, originally housing grades 7-12 as Pulaski Jr.-Sr. High School, grade 6 was moved into the facility in 2009). Other elementary school buildings in the hamlets of Richland and Fernwood were closed in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
In the early hours of October 6, 1881 in a bakery in the back of M.L. Hollis store a fire started. In just over three hours the whole business portion of Pulaski was destroyed by the fire. Reason it took so little time to burn was because of the buildings built of wood and the fire stations facilities were inadequate to hold the fire in check.
From the 1840s to the present there have been many factories. With the village laying on the banks of the Salmon River it was a major asset in its development. “There have been at least hundred and twenty factories” come and go. From wood making factories to iron works factories there have been a lot of different factories. All that remain now are the remnants of years past. Only a couple bigger companies now remain. Fulton Companies, Healthway, and Schoeller Technical Paper are the only remaining bigger companies in Pulaski.
of 2000, there were 2,398 people, 1,034 households, and 585 families residing in the village. The population density
was 729.4 people per square mile (281.4/km²). There were 1,155 housing units at an average density of 351.3 per square mile (135.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.21% White, 0.91% African American, 0.01% Native American, 0.09% Asian, and 0.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.00% of the population.
There were 1,034 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% were married couples
living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.4% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.5 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $28,977, and the median income for a family was $40,089. Males had a median income of $34,850 versus $23,913 for females. The per capita income
for the village was $16,458. About 12.1% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 18.7% of those age 65 or over.
ZIP Code 13142 Data
Zip Code: 13142 City: Pulaski State: NY Counties: OSWEGO, NY Multi County: No
Area Code: 315 City Type: N [Non Postal Community Name]
Classification: [Non-Unique]
Latitude: 43.566278 Longitude: -76.13633 Elevation: 298
County FIPS: 075 State FIPS: 36
Time Zone: Eastern (GMT -05:00) Day Light Savings: Y
Growth Rank: 0 Growth %: 0
Region: Northeast Division: Middle Atlantic City Alias(es): Fernwood
Port Ontario Pulaski Current Population: 6,683 2010 Population: 6,451
Households per Zip Code: 2,576 Average House Value: $73,800
Avg. Income Per Household: $37,243 Persons Per Household: 2.49
White Population: 6,364 Black Population: 36 Hispanic Population: 94
Asian Population: 27 Indian Population: 51 Hawaiian Population: 0 Other Population: 28
Male Population: 3,210 Female Population: 3,241 Median Age: 41.00 years
Male Median Age: 40.70 years Female Median Age: 41.30 years # Residential Mailboxes : 2,684 # Business Mailboxes : 157 Total Delivery Receptacles : 3,195 Number of Businesses: 158
1st Quarter Payroll: $11,368,000 Annual Payroll: $48,688,000 # of Employees: 1,412
CBSA Population: 654,194 CBSA DIV Population: CBSA: 45060
CBSA Name: Syracuse, NY CBSA Type: Metro CBSA Division: CBSA Division Name:
MSA: 8160 MSA Name: Syracuse, NY MSA PMSA: PMSA Name: 110th Congressional District: 23
110th Congressional Land Area: 13234.77 sq mi City State Key: V13310
Preferred Last Line Key: V15585 Water Area: 0.73755 sq mi Land Area: 71.38123 sq mi
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allows local residents access to the nearby cities of Syracuse
and Watertown. This proximity promotes the Pulaski area as a primary access point for the Lake Ontario and Tug Hill recreational tourism.
Pulaski is served by Trailways Bus Lines
as well as three Oswego County Public Transit Lines.
(actually on one of the 3 Salmon Rivers emptying into the eastern end of Lake Ontario), which is named for the salmon
which, each fall, return to the river during the salmon run
. The area is a major draw for sportfishing, as is Lake Ontario
, the shore of which is three miles to the west. Fishing season culminates in the fall with the Salmon River Festival, held each year at the site of the farmers' market.
Pulaski is also located on an extensive snowmobile trail system which connects to other trail systems throughout central and northern New York. This results in a growing amount of winter tourism as the trail system grows in reputation; this is helped by the reliable snowfall in the area, particularly throughout the Tug Hill region.
Summer tourism is also strong in the Pulaski area because of its proximity to Lake Ontario and its numerous seasonal activities, residences, parks, and resorts where thousands of people around NY camp every year.
Oswego County, New York
Oswego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 Census, the estimated population was 122,109. The City of Oswego and the Village of Pulaski serve as the dual county seats in a two shire system of government...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, United States
United States
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. The population was 2,365 at the 2010 census.
The Village of Pulaski is within the Town of Richland
Richland, New York
Richland is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 5,824 at the 2000 census.The Town of Richland is in the northeast part of Oswego County.- History :The town was first settled around 1801....
, and lies between the eastern shore of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
and the Tug Hill
Tug Hill Plateau
The Tug Hill Plateau is an upland region in upstate New York in the USA, famous for heavy winter snow. The Tug Hill Region is west of the Adirondack Mountains and is separated from the Adirondacks by the Black River Valley. Although the region is and has traditionally been known as the Tug Hill...
region. The village is located on US Route 11 and is adjacent to Interstate 81
Interstate 81
Interstate 81 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island at the Canadian border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401, the main freeway...
. Pulaski was incorporated on April 26, 1832. Although the village takes its name after General Casimir Pulaski (icon ), area residents have traditionally pronounced it with a long "i" (icon ). The historic core of the village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1983 as the Pulaski Village Historic District
Pulaski Village Historic District
Pulaski Village Historic District is a national historic district located at Pulaski in Oswego County, New York. The district includes 27 contributing buildings and two contributing sites located at the intact historic residential and commercial core of the village...
.
Pulaski lies in the Snowbelt
Snowbelt
Snowbelt is a term describing of a number of regions near the Great Lakes in North America where heavy snowfall in the form of lake-effect snow is particularly common. Snowbelts are typically found downwind of the lakes, principally off the eastern and southern shores...
which is characterized by heavy amounts of lake effect snow. It has a regional reputation for its heavy snow accumulations and adverse traveling conditions in winter, and for the long duration of winter conditions, often from mid-November through mid-April.
'History'
Pulaski history shows that during the early years before incorporation on April 26, 1832 the village was called by a couple different names. It was once called “Fishville” and sometimes it was called “Salmon River”. It was also stated that the name “Pulaski” was often spelled “Polaski”. It was also used for years with the spelling of Polaski from “The Palladium Times” to official state documents.Mary Parker the local Historian offered these two possibilities in an article titled "Name Selection A Mystery". One of which she says is the most credible is in 1829, three years before in incorporation “Thomas C. Baker a prominent lawyer, liberal, abolitionist, and leading citizen had proposed the name at a meeting.” One other story states that “Revolutionary War heroes put names in a hat and the name Casmir Pulaski had been pulled". As Mary Parker says one or both may not be true but local historians are researching how the name was picked.
In October 1816 the first court of Oswego County was held in Oswego, when a number of people presented themselves and were admitted to the bar, thus being the only business transacted. However in February, 1817 the first jury was selected for court was convened in Pulaski. It was only three years after the first court was held in Oswego County was there a court house erected in Pulaski.
A few miles to the west from the village of Pulaski at the mouth of the Salmon River harbored a lighthouse. In the 1830s the government engineers determined that the mouth had sufficient depth that it could harbor thirty ships. So in August 1838 the lighthouse was inaugurated. The lamp originally ran on whale oil. Due to the lack of importance of the harbor it was deactivated in 1858. In 1989 a Coast Guard Class II navigation aid was installed and was reactivated. It was placed on the National Registry of Historic places in March 1979.
“In 1853 the citizens of the village became interested in the education of their children and youth. An act of legislature was passed to consolidate parts of three school districts within the village into one”. There on after it was the “Pulaski school district”. This enabled the school to be go by the name “Pulaski Academy”. The Pulaski Academy and Central School currently occupies two buildings: Lura Sharp Elementary School (built in 1939 and originally housed grades K-12 until 1969) and the Pulaski Middle-Senior High School (built in 1969, originally housing grades 7-12 as Pulaski Jr.-Sr. High School, grade 6 was moved into the facility in 2009). Other elementary school buildings in the hamlets of Richland and Fernwood were closed in the late 1960s or early 1970s.
In the early hours of October 6, 1881 in a bakery in the back of M.L. Hollis store a fire started. In just over three hours the whole business portion of Pulaski was destroyed by the fire. Reason it took so little time to burn was because of the buildings built of wood and the fire stations facilities were inadequate to hold the fire in check.
From the 1840s to the present there have been many factories. With the village laying on the banks of the Salmon River it was a major asset in its development. “There have been at least hundred and twenty factories” come and go. From wood making factories to iron works factories there have been a lot of different factories. All that remain now are the remnants of years past. Only a couple bigger companies now remain. Fulton Companies, Healthway, and Schoeller Technical Paper are the only remaining bigger companies in Pulaski.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 2,398 people, 1,034 households, and 585 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 729.4 people per square mile (281.4/km²). There were 1,155 housing units at an average density of 351.3 per square mile (135.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.21% White, 0.91% African American, 0.01% Native American, 0.09% Asian, and 0.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.00% of the population.
There were 1,034 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.1% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.4% were non-families. 37.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 20.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 3.05.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.5 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $28,977, and the median income for a family was $40,089. Males had a median income of $34,850 versus $23,913 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the village was $16,458. About 12.1% of families and 15.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.8% of those under age 18 and 18.7% of those age 65 or over.
ZIP Code 13142 Data
Zip Code: 13142 City: Pulaski State: NY Counties: OSWEGO, NY Multi County: No
Area Code: 315 City Type: N [Non Postal Community Name]
Classification: [Non-Unique]
Latitude: 43.566278 Longitude: -76.13633 Elevation: 298
County FIPS: 075 State FIPS: 36
Time Zone: Eastern (GMT -05:00) Day Light Savings: Y
Growth Rank: 0 Growth %: 0
Region: Northeast Division: Middle Atlantic City Alias(es): Fernwood
Port Ontario Pulaski Current Population: 6,683 2010 Population: 6,451
Households per Zip Code: 2,576 Average House Value: $73,800
Avg. Income Per Household: $37,243 Persons Per Household: 2.49
White Population: 6,364 Black Population: 36 Hispanic Population: 94
Asian Population: 27 Indian Population: 51 Hawaiian Population: 0 Other Population: 28
Male Population: 3,210 Female Population: 3,241 Median Age: 41.00 years
Male Median Age: 40.70 years Female Median Age: 41.30 years # Residential Mailboxes : 2,684 # Business Mailboxes : 157 Total Delivery Receptacles : 3,195 Number of Businesses: 158
1st Quarter Payroll: $11,368,000 Annual Payroll: $48,688,000 # of Employees: 1,412
CBSA Population: 654,194 CBSA DIV Population: CBSA: 45060
CBSA Name: Syracuse, NY CBSA Type: Metro CBSA Division: CBSA Division Name:
MSA: 8160 MSA Name: Syracuse, NY MSA PMSA: PMSA Name: 110th Congressional District: 23
110th Congressional Land Area: 13234.77 sq mi City State Key: V13310
Preferred Last Line Key: V15585 Water Area: 0.73755 sq mi Land Area: 71.38123 sq mi
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- Core demographic data is based on information taken from the 2010 Census. Business data is from Business Census 2003 and CBSA data is from December 2006 Census CBSA data.
Transportation
Nearby Interstate 81Interstate 81
Interstate 81 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island at the Canadian border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401, the main freeway...
allows local residents access to the nearby cities of Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
and Watertown. This proximity promotes the Pulaski area as a primary access point for the Lake Ontario and Tug Hill recreational tourism.
Pulaski is served by Trailways Bus Lines
Trailways of New York
Trailways of New York is a bus company in New York operating under the Adirondack Trailways, Pine Hill Trailways, and New York Trailways brands, primarily along the Albany to Buffalo corridor...
as well as three Oswego County Public Transit Lines.
Commerce
Commerce in Pulaski revolves heavily around fishing tourism. It is located on the Salmon RiverSalmon River (New York)
The Salmon River arises in north central New York State on the Tug Hill Plateau to the east of Lake Ontario. It flows westward off the plateau and there is a hydroelectric dam near Little America to create the Salmon River Reservoir. Both the Salmon River and Salmon River Reservoir are heavily...
(actually on one of the 3 Salmon Rivers emptying into the eastern end of Lake Ontario), which is named for the salmon
Salmon
Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...
which, each fall, return to the river during the salmon run
Salmon run
The salmon run is the time at which salmon swim back up the rivers in which they were born to spawn. All Pacific salmon die after spawning. While most Atlantic salmon die after their first spawn, about 5-10% return to the sea to feed between spawnings. The annual run is a major event for sport...
. The area is a major draw for sportfishing, as is Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
, the shore of which is three miles to the west. Fishing season culminates in the fall with the Salmon River Festival, held each year at the site of the farmers' market.
Pulaski is also located on an extensive snowmobile trail system which connects to other trail systems throughout central and northern New York. This results in a growing amount of winter tourism as the trail system grows in reputation; this is helped by the reliable snowfall in the area, particularly throughout the Tug Hill region.
Summer tourism is also strong in the Pulaski area because of its proximity to Lake Ontario and its numerous seasonal activities, residences, parks, and resorts where thousands of people around NY camp every year.