Place:Polk, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States

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NamePolk
Alt namesWaterloosource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42031681
TypeBorough
Coordinates41.372°N 79.929°W
Located inVenango, Pennsylvania, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Polk is a borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 703 at the 2020 census.[1]

Polk State Center, a state-run facility for the intellectually disabled, was opened in 1897 and is located in the borough. In 2019, Pennsylvania announced a plan to close the facility. Families and residents sued Pennsylvania in an attempt to prevent the closure.

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