Pulaskifield, Missouri

Pulaskifield
Unincorporated community
Pulaskifield
Coordinates: 36°52′21″N 94°00′39″W / 36.87250°N 94.01083°WCoordinates: 36°52′21″N 94°00′39″W / 36.87250°N 94.01083°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Barry
Settled	1893
unincorporated community	1835
Elevation	1,270 ft (390 m)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	65708, 65723
Area code(s)	417
FIPS code	29/60104[1]
GNIS feature ID	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 1870's 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 American Revolution Continental Army Brigadier General remembered as a hero who fought for independence and freedom both in Poland and in the United States.

References

1. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
3. Bell, Margaret E. (1933). "Place Names In The Southwest Border Counties Of Missouri". M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia.
4. "The Neosho Times". Page 3. 3 July 1930. Retrieved 28 Dec 2015 – via Newspapers.com.