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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
- Population
- 19328
- Area
- 618
- Official website
- www.polknc.org
- Image
- Polk-County-Courthouse-W-nc.jpg
- Households
- 9252
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- Commons category
- Polk County, North Carolina
- inception
- 1855-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Polk County
- per capita income
- 32327
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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.
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