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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Polk County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,475. The county seat is Cedartown. The county was created on December 20, 1851, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly and named after James K. Polk, the eleventh President of the United States.
Polk County comprises the Cedartown, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Atlanta-Athens-Clarke County-Sandy Springs, GA Combined Statistical Area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1851 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1852 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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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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| 1860 | 6,295
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| 1870 | 7,822
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| 1880 | 11,952
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| 1890 | 14,945
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| 1900 | 17,856
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| 1910 | 20,203
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| 1920 | 20,357
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| 1930 | 25,141
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| 1940 | 28,467
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| 1950 | 30,976
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| 1960 | 28,015
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| 1970 | 29,656
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| 1980 | 32,386
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| 1990 | 33,815
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Polk County, Georgia, United States
Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~gapolk/
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