Place:Polk, Oregon, United States

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NamePolk
Alt namesPolksource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates44.867°N 123.45°W
Located inOregon, United States     (1845 - )
See alsoTillamook, Oregon, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Butler Davidson Cemetery
Census-designated place
Eola
Inhabited place
Airlie
Arell
Ballston
Bethel Heights
Bethel
Black Rock
Bowersville
Bridgeport
Brunks Corner
Brush College
Buell
Buena Vista
Buman
Burns Corner
Butler
Byerley Corner
Camp Walter
Carey
Chandler
Chapman Corner
Clow Corner
Cochrane
Crisp
Dallas
Dolph Corner
Eagle Crest Corner
Ellendale
Falls City
Fern Corner
Ferns
Finns Corner
Fir Villa
Fort Hill
Gillham
Gold Creek
Grand Ronde
Greenwood
Helmick
Holman
Hopville
Independence
Judson Landing
K Junction
Kingwood Park
Lewisville
Lincoln
Link
Luckiamute
Maple Grove
McCoy
Mitchell
Modeville
Monmouth
Neahr
Nesmith Mills
Nesmith
Oakdale
Orrs Corner
Parker
Pedee
Perrydale
Pinckney
Polk Station
Putman
Rickreall
Ritner
Rocca
Salem
Salemtowne
Salt Creek
Simpson
Smithfield
Spring Valley
Stapleton
Superior
Suver Junction
Suver
Tarter
Teats
Thielson
Tucker
Valley Junction
Valsetz
Walkers Corner
Wallinch
Wells Landing
West Salem
Wigrich Landing
Wigrich
Winona
Worden
Zena
Unknown
Willamina
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Polk County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,433. The county seat is Dallas. The county is named for James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States.

Polk County is part of the Salem, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Willamette Valley.

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History

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The Oregon Provisional Legislature created Polk County from Yamhill District on December 22, 1845, granting to it the entire southwestern portion of present-day Oregon to the California border. County boundaries were periodically changed to reflect the creation of Benton and Lincoln counties. Many other counties were subsequently carved out of these as settlement spread towards the south, leaving Polk County many counties away from its former border with California.

The first county seat was a settlement on the north side of Rickreall Creek named Cynthian (also known as Cynthia Ann). In 1852 city officials renamed Cynthian to Dallas after Vice President George M. Dallas, vice president (1845–1849) to James Polk. During the 1880s and 1890s, there were a series of unsuccessful efforts to move the county seat to nearby Independence.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1845 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1846 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1847 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1848 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1851 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1900 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1903 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
1850 1,051
1860 3,625
1870 4,701
1880 6,601
1890 7,858
1900 9,923
1910 13,469
1920 14,181
1930 16,858
1940 19,989
1950 26,317
1960 26,523
1970 35,349
1980 45,203
1990 49,541
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External links

www.co.polk.or.us/

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