Pulaski
(puh-LAS-kee), county (
807 sq mi/2,090 sq km; 1990 pop.
349,660), central Ark.; Little Rock; 34°46'N 92°18'W.
Intersected NW to SE by Arkansas R. (David D. Terry Lock and Dam in E,
Murray Lock and Dam at center); drained by small Bayou Fourche Creek
and Maumelle R. Center of co. is highly urbanized, agr. in SE and NE,
wooded in W. Agr. (wheat, soybeans; cattle, hogs). Mfg. at Little Rock.
Abandoned bauxite mines, oil and gas wells, stone quarries. Part of
Camp Robinson Natl. Guard Training Area in N; Little Rock Air Force
Base in NE. Pinnacles State Park in NW on large L. Maumelle reservoir.
Formed 1818.
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