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Polk County

county in Texas, United States
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Summary

Polk County is a county of Texas[1]. It draws 431 Wikipedia views per month (county of texas category, ranking #71 of 258).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Texas[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Livingston[5]
  • Shares border with: Angelina County[6], Tyler County[7], Hardin County[8], Liberty County[9], San Jacinto County[10], Trinity County[11]
  • Named after: James K. Polk[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Livingston[13]
  • Commons category: Polk County, Texas[14]
  • Inception: 1846[15]
  • Coordinate location: 30.8, -94.83[16]
  • Official website: http://www.co.polk.tx.us[17], https://www.polktx.gov/[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Polk County, Texas[19]
  • Population: 45,413[20], 45,430[21], 45,607[22], 45,737[23], 45,790[24], 46,972[25], 50,123[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Texas[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Polk County, Texas[28]
  • Number of households: 17,945[29]
  • Native label: Polk County[30]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C110397[31]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Polk County, Texas[32]
  • Different from: Polk County[33]
  • Area: 2874[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 4.74[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Polk County, Texas[36]
  • Per capita income: 24,479[37]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Polk County, Texas.tab[38]

Why It Matters

Polk County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Related Entities

James K. Polk Texas United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Polk County, Texas.
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Polk County, Texas.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential el"
  2. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 22222813
    Taxonomicon id → 1807983
    Located in time zone → —
    Umls cui → C3811782
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46950|batch #46950]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → county of Texas
    Official website → http://www.co.polk.tx.us, https://www.polktx.gov/
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Livingston
    Instance of → —
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C110397, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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