According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,998 square miles (5,170km2), of which 1,971 square miles (5,100km2) is land and 27 square miles (70km2) (1.3%) is water.
Polk County 21: Major connector between Polk County and Thief River Falls. Connects with Pennington County 3.
Polk County 11 and Polk County 46: US-2 Truck Bypass of Crookston. Polk County 11 runs east and west between US-2 in Crookston and Polk County 46 just west of Gentilly and Polk County 46 runs north and south from Polk County 11 and US-2.
The Oregon Provisional Legislature created Polk County from Yamhill District on December22, 1845, granting to it 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. Many other counties were subsequently carved out of these as settlement spread towards the south, leaving Polk County many counties away from its former border with California.
The first county seat was a settlement on the north side of Rickreall Creek named Cynthian (also known as Cynthia Ann). In 1852 city officials renamed Cynthian to Dallas after Vice President George M. Dallas, vice president (1845-1849) to James Polk. During the 1880s and 1890s, there were a series of unsuccessful efforts to move the county seat to nearby Independence.
Polk County comprises the Lakeland-Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area.
In 2010, the center of population of Florida was located in Polk County, near the city of Lake Wales.
Polk County is home to one public university, one state college, and four private universities. One Fortune 500 company—Publix Super Markets (106 in 2012)—has headquarters in the county.
History
The first people to call Polk County home arrived close to 12,000 years ago during the last ice age as the first paleo-indians following big game southward arrived on the peninsula of Florida. By this time, the peninsula had gone through several expansions and contractions due to changing sea level; at times the peninsula was much wider than it is today, while at other times it was almost entirely submerged with only a few small islands exposed. These first paleo-indians, nomadic hunter/gatherers who did not establish any permanent settlements, eventually gave way to the "archaic people", the ancestors of the Indians who came in contact with the Spaniards when they arrived on the peninsula. These Indians thrived on the peninsula and it is estimated that there were over 250,000 in 1492 when Columbus set sail for the New World. As was common elsewhere, contact with Europeans had a devastating effect on the Indians. Smallpox, measles, and other diseases, to which the Indians had no immunity, caused widespread epidemic and death. Those who had not succumbed to diseases such as these were often either killed or enslaved as Spanish explorers and settlers arrived. Within a few hundred years, nearly the entire pre-columbian population of Polk County had been wiped out. The remnants of these Indians joined with refugee Creek Indians from Georgia and The Carolinas to form the Seminole Indian Tribe.
Minnesota (i/mɪnᵻˈsoʊtə/; locally[ˌmɪnəˈso̞ɾə]) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The name comes from the Dakota word for "clear blue water". Owing to its large number of lakes, the state is informally known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous of the U.S. States; nearly 60 percent of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paulmetropolitan area (known as the "Twin Cities"), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
Minnesota wine refers to wine made from grapes grown in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Minnesota is part of the largest American Viticultural Area (AVA), the Upper Mississippi Valley AVA, which includes southwest Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa, and northwest Illinois. The state also has a smaller designated American Viticultural Areas, the Alexandria Lakes AVA. Minnesota is a very cold climate for viticulture and many grapevarieties require protection from the winter weather by being buried under soil for the season. Minnesota is home to extensive research on cold-hardy French hybrid and other grape varieties.
The Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA) is a statewide organization that promotes grape growing and wine making in the state and also in cold-hardy climates. Minnesota is home to the International Cold Climate Wine Competition (ICCWC) hosted annually by a partnership between MGGA and University of Minnesota. This is the only wine competition solely dedicated to the promotion of quality wines made mainly from cold-hardy grape varieties. In 2014, the 6th annual competition saw 284 wines entered from 59 commercial wineries in 11 states. Awards were based on blind tastings by 21 expert judges, who include enologists, wine writers, restaurateurs, retailers, and wine educators.
The Minnesota River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of nearly 17,000 square miles (44,000km2), 14,751 square miles (38,200km2) in Minnesota and about 2,000sqmi (5,200km2) in South Dakota and Iowa.
It rises in southwestern Minnesota, in Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota–South Dakota border just south of the Laurentian Divide at the Traverse Gap portage. It flows southeast to Mankato, then turns northeast. It joins the Mississippi south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, near the historic Fort Snelling. The valley is one of several distinct regions of Minnesota. Of Dakota language origin, the name Minnesota means "sky-tinted water or cloudy-sky water", from mní (often transcribed as "minne" or "mini") meaning "water" and sóta meaning "sky-tinted" or "cloudy sky", and, refers to the milky-brown color its waters take on when at flood stage. An illustration of the meaning of these words was shown by dropping a little milk into water. For over a century prior to the organization of the Minnesota Territory in 1849, the name St. Pierre (St. Peter) had been generally applied to the river by French and English explorers and writers. Minnesota River is shown on the 1757 edition of Mitchell Map as "Ouadebameniſsouté [Watpá Mnísota] or R. St. Peter". On June 19, 1852, acting upon a request from the Minnesota territorial legislature, the United States Congress decreed the aboriginal name for the river, Minnesota, to be the river’s official name and ordered all agencies of the federal government to use that name when referencing it.
1 person killed in Polk County crash, deputies say
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published: 06 Mar 2023
Sheriff: School umpire, carnival worker among dozens arrested in Polk County sting
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published: 24 Feb 2023
Teen rapper charged after writing song about murder, Polk County deputies say
The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a 19-year-old "self-proclaimed rapper" has been charged with first-degree murder.
published: 02 Mar 2023
Polk sheriff details 'gang-related' murder, arrest of 'self-proclaimed' rapper
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is set to provide details about a recent "gang-related" murder investigation that resulted in the arrest of a "self-proclaimed" rapper, the sheriff's office said in a release.
The release said Judd will detail the investigation that led to the 19-year-old rapper being arrested and charged with first-degree murder. https://bit.ly/3EPEatl
published: 02 Mar 2023
Full press conference: Grady Judd shows video of Poinciana Shooting
One man is dead, and two others were seriously injured in a shootout in Poinciana Thursday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Grady Judd recounted the details of the "absolute mayhem" that happened on Sawfish Drive.
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published: 24 Feb 2023
213 arrested in Polk County human trafficking sting
Over 200 people were arrested on charges stemming from a human trafficking operation, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said.
published: 16 Feb 2023
Polk County wiretap investigation busts international drug trafficking ring in Florida
Detectives seized millions of dollars of drugs along with guns and cash and arrested 85 suspects accused in an international drug smuggling operation. https://www.fox13news.com/news/largest-single-wiretap-investigation-in-polk-countys-history-dismantles-drug-trafficking-ring-sheriff-says
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published: 19 Aug 2022
Polk Sheriff Grady Judd gives his opinion on the Florida gun bill
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says the Florida legislature are pushing a bill for ‘concealed carry’ – not ‘open carry.’ He noted that on the day of the Parkland mass shooting, if someone on campus with a firearm who was well trained, ‘there wouldn’t have been a massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.’ His comments come on the 5-year mark of the mass shooting.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is set to provide details about a recent "gang-related" murder investigation that resulted in the arrest of a "self-proclaimed" r...
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is set to provide details about a recent "gang-related" murder investigation that resulted in the arrest of a "self-proclaimed" rapper, the sheriff's office said in a release.
The release said Judd will detail the investigation that led to the 19-year-old rapper being arrested and charged with first-degree murder. https://bit.ly/3EPEatl
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is set to provide details about a recent "gang-related" murder investigation that resulted in the arrest of a "self-proclaimed" rapper, the sheriff's office said in a release.
The release said Judd will detail the investigation that led to the 19-year-old rapper being arrested and charged with first-degree murder. https://bit.ly/3EPEatl
One man is dead, and two others were seriously injured in a shootout in Poinciana Thursday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Grady Judd recounted ...
One man is dead, and two others were seriously injured in a shootout in Poinciana Thursday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Grady Judd recounted the details of the "absolute mayhem" that happened on Sawfish Drive.
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One man is dead, and two others were seriously injured in a shootout in Poinciana Thursday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Grady Judd recounted the details of the "absolute mayhem" that happened on Sawfish Drive.
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Detectives seized millions of dollars of drugs along with guns and cash and arrested 85 suspects accused in an international drug smuggling operation. https://w...
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says the Florida legislature are pushing a bill for ‘concealed carry’ – not ‘open carry.’ He noted that on the day of the Parklan...
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says the Florida legislature are pushing a bill for ‘concealed carry’ – not ‘open carry.’ He noted that on the day of the Parkland mass shooting, if someone on campus with a firearm who was well trained, ‘there wouldn’t have been a massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.’ His comments come on the 5-year mark of the mass shooting.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says the Florida legislature are pushing a bill for ‘concealed carry’ – not ‘open carry.’ He noted that on the day of the Parkland mass shooting, if someone on campus with a firearm who was well trained, ‘there wouldn’t have been a massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.’ His comments come on the 5-year mark of the mass shooting.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is set to provide details about a recent "gang-related" murder investigation that resulted in the arrest of a "self-proclaimed" rapper, the sheriff's office said in a release.
The release said Judd will detail the investigation that led to the 19-year-old rapper being arrested and charged with first-degree murder. https://bit.ly/3EPEatl
One man is dead, and two others were seriously injured in a shootout in Poinciana Thursday, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Grady Judd recounted the details of the "absolute mayhem" that happened on Sawfish Drive.
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Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says the Florida legislature are pushing a bill for ‘concealed carry’ – not ‘open carry.’ He noted that on the day of the Parkland mass shooting, if someone on campus with a firearm who was well trained, ‘there wouldn’t have been a massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas.’ His comments come on the 5-year mark of the mass shooting.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,998 square miles (5,170km2), of which 1,971 square miles (5,100km2) is land and 27 square miles (70km2) (1.3%) is water.
Polk County 21: Major connector between Polk County and Thief River Falls. Connects with Pennington County 3.
Polk County 11 and Polk County 46: US-2 Truck Bypass of Crookston. Polk County 11 runs east and west between US-2 in Crookston and Polk County 46 just west of Gentilly and Polk County 46 runs north and south from Polk County 11 and US-2.
Word came from up the road Polk County was full of gold The air is sweet, the river low They say the livin's is fine There a man can wave his hand An ounce of gold on the pan Pack the wagon and the bride Start a better life Look down the river The water swirling Isn't that a lonesome sigh? Look up the Train tracks No freight a'comin You know you'll wait your whole life Tied to a ball and chain A golden lock, a golden chain The fever hits you all the time Rusts you like moonshine Green River took many lives Not just the ones who drowned and dies The families it starved thin