Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk:
- Polk County, Arkansas
- Polk County, Florida
- Polk County, Georgia
- Polk County, Iowa
- Polk County, Minnesota
- Polk County, Missouri, named after Ezekiel Polk a colonel in the American Revolutionary War (and Grandfather of James K. Polk)
- Polk County, Nebraska
- Polk County, North Carolina, named after Col. William Polk who fought in the American Revolutionary War (first cousin once-removed of James K. Polk)
- Polk County, Oregon
- Polk County, Tennessee
- Polk County, Texas
- Polk County, Wisconsin
- Polk County is also the name of a play by Zora Neale Hurston
Famous quotes containing the word county:
“Don’t you know there are 200 temperance women in this county who control 200 votes. Why does a woman work for temperance? Because she’s tired of liftin’ that besotted mate of hers off the floor every Saturday night and puttin’ him on the sofa so he won’t catch cold. Tonight we’re for temperance. Help yourself to them cloves and chew them, chew them hard. We’re goin’ to that festival tonight smelling like a hot mince pie.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)
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