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Pulaski County
Contact InformationPulaski County Courthouse
500 Illinois Ave.
Mound City, IL 62963
618-748-9360 – County Clerk
618-748-9300 – Circuit Clerk
618-748-9360 – Recorder
IRAD—c/o Records Management
Morris Library, Mail Code 6808
Southern Illinois University
1835 University Press Dr.
Carbondale, IL 62901-6808
618-453-3040
Established
- March 3, 1843 (Laws, 1843, p. 99.)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish exile who espoused the cause of the Colonies during the American Revolution and was killed at the attack on Savannah in 1779.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1812–1843 – Johnson
- 1819–1843 – Alexander
- 1818–1819 – Union
- 1795–1812 – Randolph
- 1790–1795 – St. Clair
County Seats
- 1843–1865 – Caledonia
- 1865–present – Mound City
History of county governing board
- 1843–1865 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1873 – County Court
- 1873–present – Board of County Commissioners
Documented Record Losses
- November 22, 1879 – Fire. Most records lost.
- 1937 – Flood. Some records damaged by water.
Township Government
- Pulaski County has never adopted township form of government. The county has been divided into precincts.
Township Names
- America
- Grand Chain
- Karnak
- Mound City
- Mounds
- Olmsted
- Perks
- Pulaski
- Ullin
- Villa Ridge
- Wetaug
Township Map
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