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Polk County
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county in Missouri, United States
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
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Bolivar
- Capital
- Bolivar
- Population
- 31519
- Area
- 1664
- Shares border with
- Greene County
- Official website
- polkcountymo.gov
- Image
- Bolivarmo2-retouched.jpg
- Households
- 11833
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- Commons category
- Polk County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Polk County, Missouri
- inception
- 1835-01-05
- different from
- Polk County
- water as percent of area
- 1.1
- native label
- Polk County
- per capita income
- 23591
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Polk County, Missouri
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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.