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Polk County’s Utilities Division is launching a new online customer access portal on Aug. 28. The current portal will go offline Aug. 24 at 5 p.m.
The Polk County History Center is located at 100 East Main Street, Bartow, Florida, in the historic Old Polk County Courthouse. The museum consists of exhibits presenting local and regional history from pre-Columbian to present eras and a library with items pertaining to the history and genealogy of the eastern United States.
Polk County (/ p oʊ k /) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 725,046, as of the 2020 census, and estimated to be 818,330, as of July 1, 2023. [1] Its county seat is Bartow, [2] and its largest city is Lakeland. Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan ...
Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk: Polk County, Arkansas; Polk County, Florida; Polk County, Georgia; Polk County, Iowa, containing Des Moines, the state capital. Polk County, Minnesota; Polk County, Missouri, named after Col. Ezekiel Polk ...
In September 1996 Lakeland City Commissioners voted to join the new Polk County Library Cooperative. [3] On October 23, 2018 the Lakeland Public Library's first coffee shop opened to its patrons. The coffee shop, Black & Brew Lake Morton, [ 4 ] is a smaller version of the downtown flagship cafe, Black & Brew Coffee House and Bistro, owned by ...
Winter Haven is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is located about 51 miles (82 km) east of Tampa and about 47 miles (76 km) southwest of Orlando, with neighboring Lakeland located to its west. The city's population was 49,219 at the 2020 census, making it the
The Haines City Public Library is a member of the Polk County Library Cooperative. It is located at 111 N 6th Street Haines City, FL 33844. [21] Haines City first established a library in 1916, under the direction of the Women's Club of Haines City. The first library was located inside the Leisure Lodge, which was located on Railroad Park.
Polk County Public Schools is one of the largest school districts in the nation, encompassing more than 150 schools and serving more than 100,000 students through both traditional K-12 schools and a variety of other programs.