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Polk County
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county in Texas, United States
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The entry is geolocated on the map in TX.
Vinony files it under 1846 establishments in Texas, Polk County, Texas and Populated places in the United States established in 1846.
Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- Founded
- March 30, 1846
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Seat
- Livingston
- Largest town
- Livingston
- Total
- 1,110 sq mi (2,900 km )
- Land
- 1,057 sq mi (2,740 km )
- Water
- 53 sq mi (140 km ) 4.74%
- Estimate 2025
- 53,434
- Density
- 47.42/sq mi (18.31/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 75934, 75936, 75939, 75960, 77326, 77335, 77350, 77351, 77360, 77364
- Congressional district
- 8th
- Website
- www .polktx .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Texas
- Contains
- Livingston
- Capital
- Livingston
- Population
- 50123
- Area
- 2874
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Trinity County
- Official website
- www.polktx.gov
- Image
- Polk County Texas Court House.jpg
- Households
- 17945
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- Commons category
- Polk County, Texas
- topic's main category
- Category:Polk County, Texas
- inception
- 1846-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Polk County, Texas
- different from
- Polk County
- water as percent of area
- 4.74
- native label
- Polk County
- per capita income
- 24479
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Encyclopedic overview
Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,123. Its county seat is Livingston. The county is named after President James K. Polk. The Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation of the federally recognized tribe is in Polk County, where the people have been since the early 19th century. They were forcibly evicted by the federal government from their traditional territory in the Southeast. The 2000 census reported a resident population of 480 persons on the reservation. The tribe reports 1,100 enrolled members. The Tribe also has a casino named Naskila.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.