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Polk County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- July 20, 1858 (created), February 27, 1879 (organized)
- Named after
- James Knox Polk
- Seat
- Crookston
- Largest city
- East Grand Forks
- Total
- 1,997.791 sq mi (5,174.25 km )
- Land
- 1,970.999 sq mi (5,104.86 km )
- Water
- 26.792 sq mi (69.39 km ) 1.34%
- Estimate 2025
- 30,545
- Density
- 15.431/sq mi (5.958/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 7th
- Website
- polkcountymn.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Polk County, MN | Official Website
Polk County is located in northwestern Minnesota. The county seat is Crookston. Polk County consists of 58 townships and 15 cities.
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 31192
- Area
- 5174
- Official website
- www.co.polk.mn.us
- Image
- CrookstonMnLibrary.jpg
- Households
- 12619
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- Commons category
- Polk County, Minnesota
- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- native label
- Polk County
- inception
- 1858-07-20
- per capita income
- 29828
Sources (8)
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Polk County is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 31,192 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 30,413 in 2024. The county seat is Crookston and the largest city is East Grand Forks.
Polk County is part of the Grand Forks, ND-MN metropolitan statistical area.