Pulaskifield, Missouri Explained

Official Name:Pulaskifield
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:USA Missouri#USA
Coordinates:36.8725°N -94.0108°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name1:Missouri
Subdivision Name2:Barry
Established Title:Settled
Established Date:1893
Established Title2:unincorporated community
Established Date2:1835
Unit Pref:Imperial
Elevation Ft:1270
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:65708, 65723
Area Code:417
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:29/60104[1]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:735810[2]

Pulaskifield is an unincorporated community located in Capps Creek Township, Barry County, Missouri, United States. The area was originally known as Bricefield[3] (named for J. Brice Hudson whose father owned the land on which the general store of August Dombroski (first postmaster) was located and in which the post office was established in 1893); archaically misspelled Brassfield or Brycefield. The area was locally known under the community name of Pulaskifield, but officially changed to that name in 1930[4] by request of the large group of Polish immigrants who bought land and began farming, beginning in the late 1870s, in an approximate two-mile radius of the crossing point of Missouri Route 97 and Barry County Farm Road 2040. The community was renamed to honor Casimir Pulaski, a Polish nobleman and Revolutionary Continental Army Brigadier General remembered as a hero who fought for independence and freedom both in Poland and in the United States.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  3. Bell. Margaret E.. 1933. Place Names in the Southwest Border Counties of Missouri. M.A. thesis . University of Missouri-Columbia .
  4. News: The Neosho Times. 3 July 1930. Page 3. 28 Dec 2015. Newspapers.com.