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Two-story brick storefronts and a church steeple on the Pulaski square
Storefronts on the Pulaski courthouse square (2008). Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) · License · Credits

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Pulaski, Tennessee

County seat of Giles County · on Richland Creek · southern Middle Tennessee, near the Alabama line

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Howdy, neighbor

Whether you’ve just unpacked the moving truck or you’ve lived here all your life, The Pulaski Almanac is a plain, old-fashioned almanac of the town: a directory to help you find your way around Pulaski and Giles County, the town calendar, local history, and its people. Listings are free, and every one names the public source it came from.

Pulaski is the county seat of Giles County, on the central-southern border of Tennessee. Its downtown sits on the north side of Richland Creek, a tributary of the Elk River. It was named for Casimir Pulaski, the Polish-born general who fought for the Patriot side in the American Revolution.

Around town: The Pulaski Courthouse Square Historic District and the 1909 neoclassical Giles County Courthouse; the Sam Davis Museum; the county genealogy room and museum in the Giles County Public Library; STAAR Theatre at Antoinette Hall on North First Street; the University of Tennessee Southern campus; and more than 100 National Register properties across the county.

Town offices: City of Pulaski offices, 203 S. First Street, (931) 363-2516. Giles County Courthouse, 127 N. First Street, (931) 363-5311. Giles County Chamber of Commerce, 110 N. Second Street, (931) 363-3789.

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The domed neoclassical Giles County Courthouse with columns and a clock tower
The 1909 Giles County Courthouse (photo 2008). Photo: Ichabod, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) · License · Credits
Red brick Victorian house with a corner turret and wraparound porch
Brown-Daly-Horne House on West Madison Street (NRHP 1979). Photo: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized) · License · Credits

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Home, Yard & Farm

Plumbers, electricians, heating & air, roofers, builders, lawn care, pest control and farm supply.

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Schools

Giles County Schools is a countywide Pre-K–12 district with 8 schools and 3,472 students; the profile counts 1 private school with 57 students. High schools are Giles County High School in Pulaski and Richland High School in Lynnville. For higher education there are the University of Tennessee Southern (the former Martin Methodist College, part of the UT System since 2021) and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology – Pulaski.

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Major employers

Frito-Lay (snack foods, 630); Magneti Marelli (auto lighting, shocks and struts, 500); Adient (auto seat cushions, 315); ABC Tech/TI Automotive (plastic injection molding, 250); Magotteaux (steel grinding balls, 185); SaarGummi Tennessee (automotive rubber, 172); LUXIT Group (headlamps, 153); Valley Packaging (corrugated containers, 142); Clarage (air-moving equipment, 86); Integrity Tennessee (injection molds, 80); Spears Coastline Plastics (77); Richland LLC (steel fabrication, 71).

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On the town calendar

  • SunDrop Festival: the second Saturday in June in historic downtown Pulaski (June 13, 2026), with a Milk Drop at the courthouse, a SunDrop cake contest, more than 50 craft and food vendors, music, car cruises and a pageant.
  • Giles County Fair: at the Agri Park on Elkton Road each October (Oct. 12–17, 2026), sponsored by the Pulaski Lions Club, with pageants, rides, a truck and tractor pull, and lawnmower races.
  • Christmas parades: the Pulaski-Giles County Christmas Parade in mid-December, with parades in Minor Hill, Bethel, Lynnville and Ardmore and Elkton's Tinsel Trail.