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Polk County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- December 20, 1851 ; 175 years ago ( 1851 )
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Seat
- Cedartown
- Largest city
- Cedartown
- Total
- 312 sq mi (810 km )
- Land
- 310 sq mi (800 km )
- Water
- 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km ) 0.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 45,514
- Density
- 140/sq mi (53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 14th
- Website
- www .polkga .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Cedartown
- Population
- 42853
- Area
- 808
- Shares border with
- Cherokee County
- Official website
- www.polkcountygeorgia.us
- Image
- Courthouse of Polk County, Georgia.jpg
- Households
- 15425
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- Commons category
- Polk County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Polk County, Georgia
- inception
- 1851-12-20
- different from
- Polk County
- water as percent of area
- 0.6
- native label
- Polk County
- topic has template
- Template:Polk County, Georgia
- per capita income
- 24258
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Polk County, Georgia
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Polk County historical marker
Polk County is a county in the Northwest region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,853. The county seat is Cedartown. The county was created on December 20, 1851, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly and named after James K. Polk, the eleventh President of the United States. Polk County comprises the Cedartown, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.