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| Polk County, Florida |
Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2000, the population
was 483,924. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county is 561,606. The
county seat is Bartow, Florida6. Its largest city is Lakeland, Florida. The center of
population of Florida is located in the town of Lake Wales.
Polk County became Florida's 39th county on February 8, 1861, when the State of Florida
divided Hillsborough County into eastern and western halves. The eastern half was
named Polk, in honor of the 11th President of the United States, James Knox Polk.
Following the Civil War, the county commission established the county seat on 120 acres
donated in the central part of the county. Bartow, the county seat, was named after
Francis S. Bartow, a confederate Colonel from Georgia who was the first confederate
officer to die in battle during the first battle of the Civil War. Col. Bartow was buried in
Savannah, GA with military honors, and promoted posthumously to the rank of brigadier
general. Fort Blount , as Bartow was then known, in a move to honor one of the first
fallen heroes of the Confederacy, was one of several towns and counties in the South
that changed their name to Bartow. The first courthouse built in Bartow was constructed
in 1867. It was replaced twice, in 1884 and in 1908. As the third courthouse to stand on
the site, the present structure houses the Polk County Historical Museum and
Genealogical Library.
Visit Polk County online at: www.polk-county.net
was 483,924. The U.S. Census Bureau 2006 estimate for the county is 561,606. The
county seat is Bartow, Florida6. Its largest city is Lakeland, Florida. The center of
population of Florida is located in the town of Lake Wales.
Polk County became Florida's 39th county on February 8, 1861, when the State of Florida
divided Hillsborough County into eastern and western halves. The eastern half was
named Polk, in honor of the 11th President of the United States, James Knox Polk.
Following the Civil War, the county commission established the county seat on 120 acres
donated in the central part of the county. Bartow, the county seat, was named after
Francis S. Bartow, a confederate Colonel from Georgia who was the first confederate
officer to die in battle during the first battle of the Civil War. Col. Bartow was buried in
Savannah, GA with military honors, and promoted posthumously to the rank of brigadier
general. Fort Blount , as Bartow was then known, in a move to honor one of the first
fallen heroes of the Confederacy, was one of several towns and counties in the South
that changed their name to Bartow. The first courthouse built in Bartow was constructed
in 1867. It was replaced twice, in 1884 and in 1908. As the third courthouse to stand on
the site, the present structure houses the Polk County Historical Museum and
Genealogical Library.
Visit Polk County online at: www.polk-county.net
