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Polk County
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county in Missouri, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Polk County is referenced by 535 other articles, and connects out to Missouri, African Americans and Native Hawaiians.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MO.
It sits within the topics 1835 establishments in Missouri, Missouri counties and Polk County, Missouri.
Its subject is documented across 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- March 13, 1835
- Named after
- Ezekiel Polk
- Seat
- Bolivar
- Largest city
- Bolivar
- Total
- 642 sq mi (1,660 km )
- Land
- 636 sq mi (1,650 km )
- Water
- 6.9 sq mi (18 km ) 1.1%
- Estimate 2025
- 33,604
- Density
- 49.6/sq mi (19.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 31519
- Area
- 1664
- Official website
- polkcountymo.gov
- Image
- Bolivarmo2-retouched.jpg
- Households
- 11833
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- Commons category
- Polk County, Missouri
- inception
- 1835-01-05
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Polk County
- per capita income
- 23591
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Encyclopedic overview
Polk County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,519. The county seat is Bolivar. The county was organized January 5, 1835, and is named for Ezekiel Polk. Polk County is part of the Springfield metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.