Pulaski, NY

Pulaski is an Oswego County village between Lake Ontario and Tug Hill, with the Salmon River running through the local story. It was incorporated in 1832 and was once known as Fishville or Salmon River before taking the name of Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish revolutionary and American Revolutionary War figure. U.S. 11 passes through town, I-81 is close by, and the village sits in New York’s lake-effect snow belt. The 2020 census counted 2,186 residents, so Pulaski is small, but its setting gives it several different seasons of work and recreation.

Fall belongs to the Salmon River, when fishing and the Salmon River Festival bring the river into the center of town life. Summer visitors use Pulaski as a route toward Lake Ontario, while winter draws people toward the Tug Hill snow and trail country. The village’s historic district and Snow Memorial Building add a more civic scale: the building houses village offices, the police department, codes enforcement, and the public library, and its namesake foundation has supported local causes for generations. Pulaski feels like a village with two strong currents—an old main street and a river that keeps pulling people outdoors.