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Polk County Chamber of Commerce. (retrieved 9 September 2004). About Polk County. Georgia Historical Commission. Big Spring Park sign, posted in the park.
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 was created by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly on November 23, 1839. The location for the county seat of Benton was chosen by an election held on February 4, 1840. [1] Copper was discovered in Ducktown in 1843. By the 1850s, a large mining operation was underway in southeastern Polk County; the area became known as the ...
Livingston is a town in and the county seat of Polk County, Texas, United States. With a population of 5,640 at the 2020 census , it is the largest city in Polk County. [ 4 ] It is located approximately 46 miles (74 km) south of Lufkin and roughly 74 miles (119 km) northeast of Houston and was originally settled in 1835 as Springfield.
Frostproof is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The city is located in southern Polk County on the Lake Wales Ridge. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,877 at the 2020 census.
Fort Meade is the oldest city in Polk County, dating its origins to 1849, when it was established along a new military road from Tampa (Fort Brooke) to Fort Pierce following the Second Seminole War. The town and road were originally sited by then-lieutenant George Meade of the Corps of Topographical Engineers , whose commander named it for him ...
Mulberry is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Lakeland–Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area, with parts of unincorporated Lakeland on its northern boundary. The population was 3,952 at the 2020 census. Mulberry is home to the 334-acre Alafia River Reserve.
Polk City is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5543 in the 2020 census , an increase from 2,344 in 2000 . [ 3 ] It is part of the Des Moines – West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area .