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Polk County, OregonPolk County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameThe county was named after President James Knox Polk and originally included the entire southwestern portion of present day Oregon to the California border. Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryThe Provisional Legislature created
Polk County from Yamhill District on December 22, 1845. The county was named
after President James Knox Polk and originally included the entire southwestern
portion of present day Oregon to the California border. County boundaries were
periodically changed to reflect the creation of Benton and Lincoln Counties.
Polk County today contains 745 square miles and stretches from the Willamette
River on the east to the Coast Range on the west. It is bordered by Yamhill,
Lincoln, Benton, and Marion Counties. Neighboring Counties:
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |