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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
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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.