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Name | Polk |
Type | Township |
Coordinates | 37.60556°N 90.45361°W |
Located in | Madison, Missouri, United States (1857 - ) |
See also | Iron, Saint Francois, Missouri, United States | Township Northwest | | Pendleton, Saint Francois, Missouri, United States | Township North | | Liberty, Saint Francois, Missouri, United States | Township Northeast | | Mine La Motte (township), Madison, Missouri, United States | Township East | | St. Michaels, Madison, Missouri, United States | Township Southeast | | St. Francois, Madison, Missouri, United States | Township Southeast | | Liberty, Madison, Missouri, United States | Township South | | Liberty, Iron, Missouri, United States | Township Southwest | | Arcadia (township), Iron, Missouri, United States | Township Southwest |
Polk township is in the northwest part of the county, organized in 1857 and named for Captain Charles K. Polk, Confederate soldier, who was born in Madison County in 1839 and served in the Civil War under Colonel Colton Greene. In 1873 he returned to Madison County to a farm. (Douglass I 843-44, County Court Record, Waggoner, Goodspeed) - Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.
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