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| Name | Polk |
| Alt names | Polk | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 37.617°N 93.4°W |
| Located in | Missouri, United States (1835 - ) |
| See also | Cedar, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Crawford, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Dade, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Dallas, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Hickory, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | St. Clair, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Wayne, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Polk County is a county located in Southwest Missouri in the United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population was 31,137. Its county seat is Bolivar. The county was founded January 5, 1835, and named for President James K. Polk
Polk County is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Polk County was organized and separated from Greene County on January 5, 1835. Its original boundaries were later reduced to set up Dade, Dallas, and Hickory counties. The name was suggested by a local pioneer, Ezekiel Campbell, to honor his grandfather Ezekiel Polk who was a colonel in the Revolutionary War and an early settler in western Tennessee. When the legislature acted to create the county, however, they named it after another grandson, James K. Polk, who was the Speaker of the House in the U.S. House of Representatives at the time, and later, President.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1835 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1835 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1836 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1872 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 8,449
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| 1850 | 6,186
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| 1860 | 9,995
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| 1870 | 12,445
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| 1880 | 15,734
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| 1890 | 20,339
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| 1900 | 23,255
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| 1910 | 21,561
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| 1920 | 20,351
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| 1930 | 17,803
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| 1940 | 17,400
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| 1950 | 16,062
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| 1960 | 13,753
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| 1970 | 15,415
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| 1980 | 18,822
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| 1990 | 21,826
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mopolk/
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