Pulaski, Missouri

Pulaski is an unincorporated community in Ripley County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] The community is located along the Missouri Pacific Railroad line, four miles east of Doniphan and three miles west of Oxly.[2][3]

Not to be confused with Pulaski County, Missouri.

History

A post office called Pulaski was established in 1912, and remained in operation until 1935.[4] The community bears the name of Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pułaski), a Polish military commander and Revolutionary War hero.[5]

gollark: That seems like not determinism as much as some bizarre philosophical thing about truth.
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gollark: <@!221827050892296192> The Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 is from 2006.
gollark: I probably already have by using my RTL-SDR to look at pager messages. It turns out there are a lot of them here.
gollark: Weirdly, in the UK it's illegal to "[use] wireless telegraphy apparatus with intent to obtain information as to the contents, sender or addressee of a message (whether sent by means of wireless telegraphy or not) of which neither he nor a person on whose behalf he is acting is an intended recipient" because of the "Wireless Telegraphy Act", presumably even if someone is broadcasting stuff completely unencrypted.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pulaski, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 66, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. Oxly, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979
  4. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  5. "Ripley County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2016.



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