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Polk County

Polk County is located in the portion of the U.S. state of . The county population was 725,046 in the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 818,330 in July 2023.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lakeland and Lake Wales.

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is the largest city in Polk County, . It is home to Florida Southern College, which has the largest collection of buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright at a single site in the world.

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is a small city in eastern Polk County, . The city is in the middle of a long, narrow region known as the Ridge. The Ridge was the first part of the Florida Peninsula to rise above sea level, beginning as a series of small sandy islands not unlike the Florida Keys today.

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is the second largest city in Polk County, . The city was an agricultural center, but in the 1990s and 2000s, it has become a largely residential and manufacturing city. is home to Legoland and the "Chain of Lakes".

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Bartow and Lake Alfred.

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is a historic, Southern town in Polk County, . As county seat, there is a large difference in the number of people in the town during the day and the number of people who reside in .

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is a small town of 4,000 people in north-central Polk County, . The town lies along U.S. 17/92, which runs north/south through the center of town.

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is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. Its population was 26,669 at the 2020 census. It is part of the – Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida metropolitan statistical area. Its population was 15,616 at the 2020 census.

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is a city in Polk County, , United States. It is part of the – Metropolitan Statistical Area, with parts of unincorporated Lakeland on its northern boundary.

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is a city in Polk County, , United States. As of 2020, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 5,100. It is part of the – Metropolitan Statistical Area.

is a town in Polk County, , United States. The population was 5,235 at the 2020 census. It is part of the – Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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is a small town of about 2,000 people in the northeastern section of Polk County, in , near Lake Tohopekaliga and Lake Marion. Its close proximity to makes it a very popular destination for tourists wanting to visit the famous theme park.

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is a small town in southeastern Polk County, . The town's name was coined as a marketing ploy to convince potential homesteaders that the town had never and would never see a frost.

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is a small town in Polk County, . It is home to Fantasy of Flight and located on the southern edge of the Green Swamp.

Polk County

Latitude of center
27.9449° or 27° 56′ 42″ north
Longitude of center
-81.7269° or 81° 43′ 37″ west
Population
725,000
Elevation
131 feet (40 metres)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2674516440
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4168988
Wiki­data ID
Q501043
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Polk County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Polk County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة بولك”
  • Armenian: “Փոլկ շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Polk”
  • Basque: “Polk konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Polk County, Florida”
  • Bavarian: “Polk County”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোল্ক কাউন্টি, ফ্লোরিডা”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোল্ক কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Полк”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Polk”
  • Cebuano: “Polk County”
  • Chechen: “Полк (гуо, Флорида)”
  • Chechen: “Полк”
  • Chinese: “Polk Kūn”
  • Chinese: “波克县”
  • Chinese: “波尔克县”
  • Chinese: “波爾克縣”
  • Dutch: “Polk County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Polk”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Polk”
  • Estonian: “Polki maakond”
  • Finnish: “Polkin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Polk”
  • French: “Comté de Polk”
  • German: “Polk County”
  • Gilaki: “پولک ٚ شأرستان (فلؤريدا)”
  • Gilaki: “پولک ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Πολκ”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Πολκ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פולק”
  • Hungarian: “Polk megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Polk, Florida”
  • Irish: “Contae Polk”
  • Italian: “contea di Polk”
  • Italian: “Contea di Polk”
  • Japanese: “ポーク郡”
  • Korean: “포크군”
  • Latin: “Polk Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Polk County”
  • Marathi: “पोक काउंटी, फ्लोरिडा”
  • Marathi: “पोक काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “پولک شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Polk Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Polk Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Polk County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Polk County i Florida”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Polk County”
  • Norwegian: “Polk County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پولک، فلوریدا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان پولک”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Polk”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Polk”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Polk, Florida”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Polk”
  • Russian: “Полк”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Polk”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Polk County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Полк”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Polk County, Florida”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Polk County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Polk”
  • Slovenian: “Polk County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Polk (Florida)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Polk”
  • Swedish: “Polk County, Florida”
  • Swedish: “Polk County”
  • Tatar: “Полк (округ, Флорида)”
  • Tatar: “Полк”
  • Turkish: “Polk County, FL”
  • Turkish: “Polk County, Fla.”
  • Turkish: “Polk County, Florida”
  • Turkish: “Polk County”
  • Turkish: “Polk ilçesi, FL”
  • Turkish: “Polk ilçesi, Fla.”
  • Turkish: “Polk ilçesi, Florida”
  • Turkish: “Polk ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Полк”
  • Urdu: “پوک کاؤنٹی، فلوریڈا”
  • Urdu: “پوک کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Polk”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Polk, Florida”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Polk”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Polk, Florida”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Polk”
  • Welsh: “Polk County, Florida”
  • Welsh: “Polk County”
  • Western Panjabi: “پولک کاؤنٹی”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Polk County”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.