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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) |
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Polk County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 31,137. Its county seat is Bolivar. The county was founded January 5, 1835, and named for Ezekiel Polk.
Polk County is part of the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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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 Madison Campbell, to honor his grandfather Ezekiel Polk who was a colonel in the Revolutionary War and an early settler in western Tennessee.
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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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Polk County, Missouri, United States
Research Tips
Resources
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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