Welcome to Polkville ...

Polkville is located in Warren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Polkville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Polkville is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Polkville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Polkville: 908

Communities Also Named Polkville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Polkville - they are located in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, New York (3), North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Polkville.

Websites for Polkville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.warrencountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Polkville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Polkville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Polkville.

• Easton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Easton is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easton <3>
• Phillipsburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Phillipsburg is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
• East Stroudsburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • East Stroudsburg is located in Monroe County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Stroudsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,085 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Stroudsburg <3>
• Hackettstown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
• Newton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Newton is located in Sussex County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,977 people
• Nazareth
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Nazareth is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nazareth
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nazareth <3>
• Stroudsburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Stroudsburg is located in Monroe County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroudsburg
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,547 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stroudsburg <3>
• Bangor
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Bangor is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bangor
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,210 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bangor <3>
• Pen Argyl
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pen Argyl is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pen Argyl
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,540 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pen Argyl <3>
• Wind Gap
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wind Gap is located in Northampton County (PA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wind Gap
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,732 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wind Gap <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Polkville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Polkville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Polkville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Polkville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Polkville. See our Newspapers Page for Polkville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Polkville ...

Looking for more information about Polkville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Polkville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Polkville.

Adding Polkville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Polkville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Polkville was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Polkville.