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Polk

Polk County is located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 492,401. making it the most populous county in Iowa, and was estimated to be 505,255 in 2023.
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  • Type: County with 492,000 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Polk County”, “Polk County, IA”, and “Polk County, Iowa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ankeny Regional Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a mile southeast of , in Polk County, . It is owned by the Polk County Aviation Authority.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ankeny and Saylorville.

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is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States and a suburb of the state capital of . The population was 67,887 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 76,727 in 2024, making it the fifth-most populous city in Iowa.

Village
is a census-designated place in Saylor and Crocker townships, Polk County, , United States. The population was 3,584 at the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Delaware Township, Polk County, , United States, on the east bank of Fourmile Creek. It is part of the – Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Polk

Latitude
41.6766° or 41° 40′ 36″ north
Longitude
-93.5921° or 93° 35′ 32″ west
Population
492,000
Elevation
915 feet (279 metres)
Open location code
86H8MCG5+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955430
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4871782
Wiki­data ID
Q485808
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Polk”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Saylor Station and Carney.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saylor Skatepark and Jehovah’s Witnesses Highland Park Congregation.

Iowa: Must-Visit Destinations

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