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Polk County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Founded
- November 28, 1839
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Seat
- Benton
- Largest town
- Benton
- Total
- 442 sq mi (1,140 km )
- Land
- 435 sq mi (1,130 km )
- Water
- 7.7 sq mi (20 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 18,592
- Density
- 40.33/sq mi (15.57/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 3rd
- Website
- www .polkgovernment .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- James K. Polk
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tennessee
- Contains
- Benton
- Capital
- Benton
- Population
- 17544
- Area
- 1146
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- McMinn County
- Official website
- www.polkgovernment.com
- Image
- Polk-county-courthouse-tn1.jpg
- Households
- 7448
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- different from
- Polk County
- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- Commons category
- Polk County, Tennessee
- topic's main category
- Category:Polk County, Tennessee
- native label
- Polk County
- inception
- 1839-11-28
- per capita income
- 28059
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Encyclopedic overview
Polk County is a county located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 17,544. Its county seat is Benton. The county was created on November 28, 1839, from parts of Bradley and McMinn counties, after final removal of most Cherokee from the region that year. The county was named after then-governor (and future president) James K. Polk. Polk County is included in the Cleveland, Tennessee Metropolitan Area Statistical Area, which is also included in the Chattanooga–Cleveland–Dalton, TN–GA–AL Combined Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polk County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.