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Polk County

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

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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).

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