Polk County Towns and Townships

(From "A Book of Lists" by the Polk County Genealogy Society -
Reprinted with Permission of the Society)

...................................................... Polk County Towns in 1880
Baker
Bethesda
Big Bend
Big Fork
Board Camp
Cove
Dallas
Eagle Hill
Line Road
Potter
Ranson
Rhode
Rocky









Other Towns and Communities of Early Polk County

................ . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Antioch Nichols (1803 - West Valley)
Buffalo Old Cove
Bulger Panther (1st Post Office)
Campground (Rocky) Pleasant Grove
Clayton Spur (near Hatfield) Posey Hollow
Egger (Cherry Hill) Quito
Gann Rust
Goardneck 1820 (Acorn) Towry (Mt. Clair 1850's)
Janssen (Vandervoort) West View
Lone Valley
....................................................................................... Polk County Townships Included in the 1850 Census
Center
Fulton
Freedom
White
Sulphur Springs
(now in Howard Co.)



Polk County Boundary Information

November 30, 1844 - Polk County formed from Sevier

1851 - Sebastian County formed from parts of Polk County

1873 - Howard County fromed from parts of Polk County

Feb 7, 1850 - Montgomery - Polk County line was changed

Jun 1, 1861 - Part of Sebastian County was annexed to Polk County

Apr 7, 1873 - Pike County line defined








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