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Polk County

county in Iowa, United States
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Summary

Polk County is a county of Iowa[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of county of iowa entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,153 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Iowa[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Des Moines[5]
  • Shares border with: Story County[6], Warren County[7], Marion County[8], Jasper County[9], Boone County[10], Dallas County[11], Madison County[12]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .polk.ia.us[13]
  • Named after: James K. Polk[14]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Polk City[15]
  • Commons category: Polk County, Iowa[16]
  • Inception: 1846[17]
  • Coordinate location: 41.685, -93.570277777778[18]
  • Official website: http://www.co.polk.ia.us/[19], http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/[20], https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/[21]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Polk County, Iowa[22]
  • Population: 430,640[23], 432,304[24], 437,809[25], 444,009[26], 451,677[27], 467,711[28], 492,401[29]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Iowa[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Polk County, Iowa[31]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Polk County, Iowa[32]
  • Number of households: 191,125[33]
  • Native label: Polk County[34]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108553[35]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Polk County, Iowa[36]
  • Different from: Polk County[37]
  • Elevation above sea level: 279[38]
  • Area: 1533[39]
  • Water as percent of area: 3[40]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Polk County, Iowa[41]

Why It Matters

Polk County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

Related Entities

Iowa James K. Polk United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] ↑ . 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 ↗
    Official website → http://www.co.polk.ia.us/, http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/, https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Polk County, Iowa.t
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Polk County, Iowa.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential ele"
  2. 8w ago · Mxn · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Top-level internet domain → .polk.ia.us
    Domain name → polk.ia.us
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Top-level internet domain: .polk.ia.us"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Country → —
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Polk County, Iowa
    Obo gazetteer id → 00009817
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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