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Polk County
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county in Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- Founded
- December 22, 1845
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Seat
- Dallas
- Largest city
- Salem (portion)
- Total
- 744 sq mi (1,930 km )
- Land
- 741 sq mi (1,920 km )
- Water
- 3.1 sq mi (8.0 km ) 0.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 90,037
- Density
- 118/sq mi (46/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 ( PDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .co .polk .or .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Oregon
- Contains
- Willamina
- Capital
- Dallas
- Population
- 87433
- Area
- 1927
- Shares border with
- Lincoln County
- Official website
- www.co.polk.or.us
- Image
- Polk County Courthouse, Dallas - DPLA - ffa1635fc98ab0e7cb04ae673a2f690c.jpg
- Households
- 30726
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- water as percent of area
- 0.4
- native label
- Polk County
- Commons category
- Polk County, Oregon
- topic's main category
- Category:Polk County, Oregon
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Polk County, Oregon
- different from
- Polk County
- inception
- 1845-00-00
- topic has template
- Template:Polk County, Oregon
- per capita income
- 31957
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Map of Polk County
Polk County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,433. The county seat is Dallas. The county is named for James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.