Pulaski County, KY

Headnote
PULASKI COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Kentucky, and traversed by Cumberland river. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Somerset. Pop. in 1810, 6,897; in 1820, 7,597; in 1830, 9,522; in 1840, 9,620; in 1850, 14,195. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Kentucky

Pulaski County, Kentucky (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
PULASKI COUNTY, situated in the southeast part of Kentucky, and traversed by Cumberland river. Area, 800 square miles. Seat of justice, Somerset. Pop. in 1810, 6,897; in 1820, 7,597; in 1830, 9,522; in 1840, 9,620; in 1850, 14,195.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 302.
Date Type
Dozens of New Jersey infantrymen drown in Kentucky while crossing the Cumberland River Battles/Soldiers
In eastern Kentucky, Union forces defeat Confederate troops at Mill Spring Battles/Soldiers
Date Title
Edwin M. Stanton, Order to the Army with President Lincoln's congratulations on recent victory in Kentucky, January 22, 1862
Colonel Robert Latimer McCook to Brigadier-General George Henry Thomas, Report on Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, January 27, 1862
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