Pulaski, Wisconsin
Pulaski | |
---|---|
Pulaski town center |
|
Location in Wisconsin | |
Basic data | |
Foundation : | 1883 |
State : | United States |
State : | Wisconsin |
Counties : |
Brown County Shawano County Oconto County |
Coordinates : | 44 ° 40 ′ N , 88 ° 15 ′ W |
Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
Residents : | 3,539 (as of 2010) |
Population density : | 493.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
Area : | 7.17 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
Height : | 246 m |
Postal code : | 54162 |
Area code : | +1 920 |
FIPS : | 55-65675 |
GNIS ID : | 1581840 |
Website : | www.villageofpulaski.org |
Mayor : | Reed Woodward (President) |
The Catholic Church of the Assumption in Pulaski |
Pulaski is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Brown County and to a smaller extent in Shawano and Oconto Counties in the US state of Wisconsin . In 2010 Pulaski had 3,539 residents.
Pulaski is part of the metropolitan area around the city of Green Bay .
geography
Pulaski is located in northeastern Wisconsin, around 20 km west of Green Bay on Lake Michigan .
The geographical coordinates of Pulaski are 44 ° 40'20 "north latitude and 88 ° 14'33" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 7.17 km².
Neighboring towns to Pulaski are Krakow (12 km north), Chase (12 km northeast), Little Suamico (16.5 km east-northeast), Suamico (20 km east-southeast), Howard (23 km southeast), Pittsfield (8.2 km south) , Cicero (22 km southwest) and Angelica (5.6 km west).
Green Bay city center is 17 miles southeast of Pulaski. The other closest major cities are Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee (130 miles south), Appleton (35 miles southwest), Wisconsin's capital city, Madison (227 miles in the same direction), Wausau (131 miles west) and Eau Claire (283 miles in the same direction) and the Twin Cities in Minnesota (406 km also in the same direction).
traffic
Wisconsin State Highways 32 and 160 meet in central Pulaski . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
The nearest airport is the Austin Straubel International Airport from Green Bay (28.4 km southeast).
history
The place was founded in 1883 by Polish immigrants and named after the Polish general Kazimierz Pułaski (1745–1779) who fell in the American War of Independence .
population
According to the 2010 census , Pulaski had 3,539 people in 1,418 households. The population density was 493.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.46 people in each of the 1418 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 1.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.9 percent of the population.
28.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,607 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,759. 15.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Henry Theophilus Howaniec (1931-2018), bishop emeritus; worked as a Franciscan priest in Pulaski
- Alvin O'Konski (1904–1987), longtime Republican member of the US House of Representatives (1943–73); worked for several years as a school council in Pulaski
- Deedra Irwin (* 1992), biathlete
Individual evidence
- ↑ Village of Pulaski - Village Contacts ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2014
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 21, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 21, 2014
- ↑ History of Pulaski, WI ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2014