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Polk County
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county in Nebraska, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Nebraska
- Established
- January 26, 1856
- Organized
- August 6, 1870
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- County seat
- Osceola
- Largest city
- Stromsburg
- Total
- 441 sq mi (1,140 km )
- Land
- 438 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Water
- 2.3 sq mi (6.0 km ) 0.5%
- Highest elevation
- 1,739 ft (530 m)
- Lowest elevation
- 1,089 ft (332 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 5,270
- Density
- 11.9/sq mi (4.60/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 402/531
- Website
- www.polkcounty.ne.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 5214
- Area
- 1141
- Official website
- www.polkcounty.ne.gov
- Image
- Polk County Courthouse (Nebraska) 1.jpg
- Households
- 2048
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- Commons category
- Polk County, Nebraska
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Polk County
- inception
- 1856-00-00
- per capita income
- 28978
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Polk County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 5,214. Its county seat is Osceola. The county was formed in 1856, and was organized in 1870. It was named for President James K. Polk. In the Nebraska license plate system, Polk County is represented by the prefix 41 (it had the 41st-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).
Geography