Welcome to Polk ...Polk is located in Obion County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Polk, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Polk is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Polk lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Polk: 731 Communities Also Named Polk ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Polk - they are located in Alabama, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Polk. Websites for Polk ...Chamber of Commerce: www.obioncountytennessee.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Polk, the following might be of interest: Communities near Polk ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Polk.
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 Polk. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Polk. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Polk. 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 Polk. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Polk. See our Newspapers Page for Polk. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Polk ...Looking for more information about Polk? 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 Polk, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Polk. Adding Polk to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Polk 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 Polk was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Polk. Footnotes ...
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