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Polk County

county in Florida, United States
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Summary

Polk County is a county of Florida[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of county of florida entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,078 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Florida[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Bartow[5]
  • Shares border with: Hardee County[6], Highlands County[7], Okeechobee County[8], Osceola County[9], Orange County[10], Lake County[11], Sumter County[12], Pasco County[13], Hillsborough County[14], Manatee County[15]
  • Named after: James K. Polk[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bartow[17], Lakeland[18], Winter Haven[19]
  • Commons category: Polk County, Florida[20]
  • Inception: February 8, 1861[21]
  • Coordinate location: 27.96, -81.7[22]
  • Official website: http://www.polk-county.net[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Polk County, Florida[24]
  • Population: 602,095[25], 603,452[26], 610,250[27], 616,083[28], 623,009[29], 650,092[30], 725,046[31]
  • Topic has template: Template:Polk County, Florida[32]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Florida[33]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Polk County, Florida[34]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Polk County, Florida[35]
  • Number of households: 240,879[36]
  • Native label: Polk County[37]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108060[38]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Polk County, Florida[39]
  • Different from: Polk County[40]
  • Area: 5206[41]
  • Water as percent of area: 10.6[42]

Why It Matters

Polk County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

Florida James K. Polk 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. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . 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 ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00006267
    Umls cui → C3811780
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Polk County, Florid
    Taxonomicon id → 1804960
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Polk County, Florida.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential "
  2. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for the view of the item → Category:Views of Polk County, Florida
    List of monuments → National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Florida
    Instance of → —
    Water as percent of area → {'amount': '+10.6'}
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108060, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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