{"id":2332,"date":"2023-03-19T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T12:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2026-08-18T00:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:28:43","slug":"pulaski-county-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/pulaski-county-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulaski County, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pulaski County is a county in Georgia, United States, centred on the city of Hawkinsville in the Middle Georgia region. It had a population of 9,855 at the 2020 census and covers 251 square miles (650 km2) of land and water, centred near 32&deg;14&prime;N 83&deg;28&prime;W.<\/p>\n<p>Hawkinsville is the county seat, and its postal code is 31036. The county has one incorporated city and several unincorporated communities, runs on Eastern Time, and carries FIPS code 13235. Pulaski uses a sole-commissioner form of government, one of only a handful of Georgia counties still organized that way.<\/p>\n<h2>Towns &amp; Villages in Pulaski County<\/h2>\n<p>Hawkinsville is the county&#8217;s only incorporated city; the rest of the list below are unincorporated communities scattered across the county&#8217;s farmland and pine woods. Type key: City &middot; seat = incorporated city and county seat, Unincorp. = unincorporated community with no municipal government.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tv-table-scroll\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Place<\/th>\n<th>Type<\/th>\n<th>Pop.<\/th>\n<th>ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Hawkinsville<\/td>\n<td>City &middot; seat<\/td>\n<td>3,980<\/td>\n<td>31036<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Browndale<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Finleyson<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Goose Neck<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hartford<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mobley Crossing<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tippetts<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wallace<\/td>\n<td>Unincorp.<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<td>&mdash;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>31036 &mdash; Hawkinsville (also serves the surrounding unincorporated communities)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Browndale, Finleyson, Goose Neck, Hartford, Mobley Crossing, Tippetts and Wallace have no separate ZIP code of their own and are served by the Hawkinsville post office.<\/p>\n<h2>Geography<\/h2>\n<p>Pulaski County sits in Georgia&#8217;s Coastal Plain, in the Black Belt cotton region, with gently rolling farmland and pine timberland crossed by the Ocmulgee River along its western edge. Georgia&#8217;s Department of Corrections operates Pulaski State Prison near Hawkinsville. The county borders <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/twiggs-county\/\">Twiggs County<\/a> to the north, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/bleckley-county\/\">Bleckley County<\/a> to the east, Dodge County to the southeast, <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/wilcox-county\/\">Wilcox County<\/a> to the south, and Houston County to the west.<\/p>\n<h2>Demographics<\/h2>\n<p>Pulaski County had 9,855 residents at the 2020 census, a density of about 39 people per square mile. Hawkinsville, the county seat, is by far the largest community; the unincorporated communities are small farm crossroads with no separate population count. The county&#8217;s median household income runs well below the Georgia median of $74,632, reflecting its rural, agriculture-dependent economy.<\/p>\n<h2>Economy &amp; Local Life<\/h2>\n<p>Agriculture anchors the local economy, with cotton, peanuts and timber the leading crops on the county&#8217;s Black Belt soils. Pulaski State Prison is one of the county&#8217;s largest employers. Hawkinsville is known as the &#8220;Harness Horse Capital of Georgia,&#8221; home to winter training barns for standardbred harness-racing horses, and hosts the annual Hawkinsville Harness Horse Festival each spring.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p>Pulaski County was created on December 13, 1808, from a section of Laurens County by an act of the Georgia legislature, and named for Kazimierz Pulaski, the Polish-born cavalry officer who died fighting for American independence at the 1779 Siege of Savannah. The county developed as a cotton-growing district in the antebellum period, part of the fertile arc of Georgia known as the Black Belt.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting There<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. Routes 129 and 341 and Georgia Routes 26, 27, 230 and 257 all pass through Hawkinsville, which bills itself the &#8220;Highway Hub&#8221; of the region.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eastman &mdash; 20 miles southeast<\/li>\n<li>Perry &mdash; 22 miles west<\/li>\n<li>Cochran &mdash; 15 miles northeast<\/li>\n<li>Macon &mdash; 40 miles northwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The nearest commercial air service is Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon.<\/p>\n<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where is Pulaski County, Georgia?<\/strong><br \/>It is in central Georgia&#8217;s Middle Georgia region, about 40 miles southeast of Macon, centred on the city of Hawkinsville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the population of Pulaski County?<\/strong><br \/>It had a population of 9,855 at the 2020 census.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How big is Pulaski County?<\/strong><br \/>The county covers 251 square miles (650 km2) of land and water.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the county seat of Pulaski County?<\/strong><br \/>Hawkinsville is the county seat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many towns are in Pulaski County?<\/strong><br \/>Hawkinsville is the only incorporated city; several unincorporated communities including Browndale, Hartford and Wallace round out the county.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What ZIP codes are in Pulaski County?<\/strong><br \/>The county is served primarily by ZIP code 31036, centred on Hawkinsville.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is Hawkinsville called the &#8220;Harness Horse Capital of Georgia&#8221;?<\/strong><br \/>Standardbred trainers have wintered their harness-racing horses at Hawkinsville&#8217;s training barns for decades, and the city hosts an annual harness horse festival.<\/p>\n<p>More counties in this state: <a href=\"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/category\/georgia\/\">Towns and villages in Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulaski County is a county in Georgia, United States, centred on the city of Hawkinsville in the Middle Georgia region. It had a population of 9,855 at the 2020 census and covers 251 square miles (650 km2) of land and water, centred near 32&deg;14&prime;N 83&deg;28&prime;W. 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