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Polk County
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county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Colonel William Polk
- Seat
- Columbus
- Largest municipality
- Tryon
- Total
- 238.45 sq mi (617.6 km )
- Land
- 237.69 sq mi (615.6 km )
- Water
- 0.76 sq mi (2.0 km ) 0.32%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,533
- Density
- 81.316/sq mi (31.396/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 11th , 14th
- Website
- www .polknc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- North Carolina
- Contains
- Columbus
- Capital
- Columbus
- Population
- 19328
- Area
- 618
- Shares border with
- Spartanburg County
- Official website
- www.polknc.org
- Image
- Polk-County-Courthouse-W-nc.jpg
- Households
- 9252
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- Commons category
- Polk County, North Carolina
- topic's main category
- Category:Polk County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1855-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Polk County, North Carolina
- different from
- Polk County
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Polk County
- per capita income
- 32327
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Encyclopedic overview
Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,328. Its county seat is Columbus.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.