Polk

Polk County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,519. According to the American Community Survey 2024 population was estimated at 32,444.
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  • Type: County with 32,200 residents
  • Description: county in Missouri, United States
  • Also known as: “Okrožje Polk”, “Polk County”, “Polk County i Missouri”, “Polk County, Missouri”, “Polk County, MO”, “Polk County, Mo.”, “Polk ilçesi, Missouri”, “Polk ilçesi, MO”, “Polk ilçesi, Mo.”, and “مقاطعه بولك، ميزوري”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Southwest Baptist University.

University
is a private university in , United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bolivar.

Town
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is a city in and the county seat of Polk County, , United States.

Polk

Latitude
37.6201° or 37° 37′ 12″ north
Longitude
-93.4088° or 93° 24′ 32″ west
Population
32,200
Elevation
1,030 feet (314 metres)
Open location code
8698JHCR+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316970466
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4404128
Wiki­data ID
Q489861
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Polk” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Polk County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بولك”
  • Armenian: “Փոլկ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Polk”
  • Basque: “Polk konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Polk County, Missouri”
  • Bavarian: “Polk County”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোল্ক কাউন্টি, মিসৌরি”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোল্ক কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Полк”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Polk”
  • Cebuano: “Polk County”
  • Chechen: “Полк (гуо, Миссури)”
  • Chechen: “Полк”
  • Chinese: “波尔克县”
  • Chinese: “波爾克縣”
  • Chinese: “波爾克郡”
  • Dutch: “Polk County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Polk”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Polk”
  • Estonian: “Polki maakond”
  • Finnish: “Polkin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Polk”
  • French: “Comté de Polk”
  • Ganda: “Polk County, Missouri”
  • Georgian: “პოლკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Polk County”
  • Gilaki: “پالک ٚ شأرستان (ميزؤري)”
  • Gilaki: “پالک ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Πολκ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Πολκ”
  • Hungarian: “Polk megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Polk”
  • Italian: “contea di Polk”
  • Italian: “Contea di Polk”
  • Japanese: “ポーク郡”
  • Korean: “포크군”
  • Low German: “Polk County”
  • Mazanderani: “پالک شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Polk Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Polk Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Polk County”
  • Norwegian: “Polk County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پالک، میزوری”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پالک”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پولک”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Polk”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Polk”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Polk”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Polk, Missouri”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Polk”
  • Russian: “Полк”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Polk”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Polk County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Полк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Polk County, Missouri”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Polk County”
  • Slovenian: “Polk County”
  • South Azerbaijani: “پولک بؤلگه‌سی، میزوری”
  • Spanish: “condado de Polk”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Polk”
  • Swedish: “Polk County, Missouri”
  • Swedish: “Polk County”
  • Tatar: “Полк (округ, Миссури)”
  • Tatar: “Полк”
  • Tumbuka: “Polk County, Missouri”
  • Tumbuka: “Polk County”
  • Turkish: “Polk County, Missouri”
  • Turkish: “Polk ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Полк”
  • Urdu: “پوک کاؤنٹی، مسوری”
  • Urdu: “پوک کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Polk”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Polk, Missouri”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Polk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Polk, Missouri”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Polk”
  • Welsh: “Polk County, Missouri”
  • Welsh: “Polk County”
  • Western Panjabi: “پولک کاؤنٹی،مسوری”

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