Editing Polk County, Texas

{{Short description|County in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county          = Polk County
 | state                = Texas
 | type             = [[County]]
 | ex image             = Courthouse Polk County Texas.jpg
 | ex image size        = 250
 | ex image cap         = Polk County Court House
 | ZIP codes            = 75934, 75936, 75939, 75960, 77326, 77335, 77350, 77351, 77360, 77364
 | area codes           = [[Area code 936|936]]
 | founded date       = March 30
 | founded year         = 1846
 | named for            = [[James K. Polk]]
 | seat wl          = Livingston
 | city type            = town
 | largest city wl  = Livingston
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 1110
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 1057
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 53
 | area percentage      = 4.74
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 50123
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 50123 {{gain}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | time zone           = Central
 | district             = 8th
 | web                  = www.co.polk.tx.us }}

'''Polk County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Texas]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], its population was 50,123.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Polk County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US48373|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Livingston, Texas|Livingston]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county is named after President [[James K. Polk]]. The [[Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation]] of the federally recognized tribe is in Polk County, where the people have been since the early 19th century. They were forcibly evicted by the federal government from their traditional territory in the Southeast.<ref name="alcou">[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bma19 Howard N. Martin, "ALABAMA-COUSHATTA INDIANS"], ''Handbook of Texas Online'', uploaded June 9, 2010, accessed November 18, 2014</ref> The [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] reported a resident population of 480 persons on the reservation. The tribe reports 1100 enrolled members.

==History==
{{see also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Texas}}
[[Image:Confederate memorial in Polk County, TX IMG 8279.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Ike Turner Camp Confederate Monument, Livingston, Texas]]
Polk County, named for James Knox Polk of [[Tennessee]], [[President of the United States]], was created by an act of the first [[Texas Legislature|Legislature of the State of Texas]], approved on March 30, 1846, out of [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]], and embraced that portion from the part designated as the "Northern Division" of said county. It was one of the first of a series of 23 counties, formulated, constituted, and established by the State of Texas, after annexation to the United States.<ref>{{cite book |author=Ike Turner Camp, [[United Confederate Veterans|U. C. V.]] |title=Historical Polk County, Texas: Companies and Soldiers Organized in and Enrolled From Said County in Confederate States Army and Navy—1861–1865, Organization Ike Turner Camp, U. C. V., Unveiling, Etc |url=https://archive.org/details/historicalpolkco00cros |location=Livingston, Texas |publisher=Polk County Enterprise, Printers |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicalpolkco00cros/page/3 3]–4 |date=1901}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1850 = 2348
| 1860 = 8300
| 1870 = 8707
| 1880 = 7189
| 1890 = 10332
| 1900 = 14447
| 1910 = 17459
| 1920 = 16784
| 1930 = 17555
| 1940 = 20635
| 1950 = 16194
| 1960 = 13861
| 1970 = 14457
| 1980 = 24407
| 1990 = 30687
| 2000 = 41133
| 2010 = 45413
| 2020 = 50123
| estyear = 
| estimate = 
| estref = 
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br />1850–2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://texasalmanac.com/sites/default/files/images/topics/ctypophistweb2010.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=Texas Almanac: Population History of Counties from 1850–2010|publisher=Texas Almanac|access-date=May 6, 2015}}</ref> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Polk County, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Polk County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=0500000US48373&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name="2010CensusP2">{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Polk County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48373&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name="2020CensusP2">{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Polk County, Texas|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=0500000US48373&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|30,723
|32,830
|style='background: #ffffe6; |34,808
|74.69%
|72.29%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |69.45%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|5,357
|5,153
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,869
|13.02%
|11.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.71%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|649
|778
|style='background: #ffffe6; |914
|1.58%
|1.71%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.82%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|156
|180
|style='background: #ffffe6; |340
|0.38%
|0.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.68%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|3
|7
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.01%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|5
|14
|style='background: #ffffe6; |135
|0.01%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.27%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed or multiracial]] (NH)
|379
|492
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,712
|0.92%
|1.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.42%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|3,861
|5,959
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7,345
|9.39%
|13.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.65%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''41,133'''
|'''45,413'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''50,123'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 14, 2011|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, 41,133 people, 15,119 households, and 10,915 families were residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|39|PD/sqmi|/km2}}. The 21,177 housing units averaged {{convert|20|/mi2|/km2}}. The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the county was 79.64% White, 13.17% African American, 1.74% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 3.75% from other races, and 1.32% from two or more races. About 9.39% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 15,119 households, 28.8% had children under 18 living with them, 57.9% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.8% were not families. About 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.50, and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the age distribution was 22.9% under 18, 8.10% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 18.00% who were 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.70 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 109.50 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,495, and for a family was $35,957. Males had a median income of $30,823 versus $21,065 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $15,834. About 13.3% of families and 17.40% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 23.1% of those under age 18 and 12.3% of those 65 or over.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|1110|sqmi|abbr=on}}, of which {{convert|53|sqmi|abbr=on}} (4.7%) are covered by water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 6, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Angelina County, Texas|Angelina County]] (north)
* [[Tyler County, Texas|Tyler County]] (east)
* [[Hardin County, Texas|Hardin County]] (southeast)
* [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]] (south)
* [[San Jacinto County, Texas|San Jacinto County]] (southwest)
* [[Trinity County, Texas|Trinity County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Big Thicket National Preserve]] (part)

==Education==
School districts:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48373_polk/DC20SD_C48373.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Polk County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-09-24}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48373_polk/DC20SD_C48373_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[Big Sandy Independent School District (Polk County, Texas)|Big Sandy Independent School District]]
* [[Chester Independent School District]]
* [[Corrigan-Camden Independent School District]]
* [[Goodrich Independent School District]]
* [[Leggett Independent School District]]
* [[Livingston Independent School District]]
* [[Onalaska Independent School District]]
* [[Woodville Independent School District]]

The county is in the district for [[Angelina College]].<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.165. ANGELINA COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.].</ref> Polk County College / Commerce Center was completed in 2013 and is located on the U.S. Highway 59 Bypass. Angelina College offers advanced curriculum study and technical training at this location. The facility provides public auditorium space and may be used as a mass shelter in a disaster event.<ref>[http://www.polkcountycollegecc.com/], Polk County College  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202003412/http://www.polkcountycollegecc.com/ |date=February 2, 2015 }}</ref>

==Government==
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Position'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Name'''
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"| '''Party'''
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| County Judge
| Sydney Murphy
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 1
| Guylene Robertson
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 2
| Mark Dubose
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 3
| Milton Purvis
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|-
| style="background:red;"|&nbsp;
| Commissioner, Precinct 4
| Jerry Cassity
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|}

==Infrastructure==
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[[Image:Polk County Judicial Center, Livingston, TX IMG 8276.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Polk County Judicial Center, Livingston, Texas]]
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] [[Allan B. Polunsky Unit]] is located in [[West Livingston]].<ref name="CDPMap"/><ref name="TCDJProfile">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/tl.htm Polunsky Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201405/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/tl.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}." [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.</ref> This has been the location of the Texas men's [[death row]] since 1999.<ref>[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm "Death Row Facts"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806085208/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/drowfacts.htm |date=August 6, 2009 }}, [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]. Retrieved on May 7, 2010.</ref>

==Transportation==

===Major highways===
* [[Image:US 59.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 59 in Texas|U.S. Highway 59]]
** [[Image:I-69 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 69 in Texas|Interstate 69]] is currently under construction and will eventually follow the current route of U.S. 59 throughout most of Polk County.
* [[Image:US 190.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 190|U.S. Highway 190]]
* [[Image:US 287.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Route 287 in Texas|U.S. Highway 287]]
* [[Image:Texas 146.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 146|State Highway 146]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 350.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 350]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 356.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 356]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 357.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 357]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 942.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 942]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 943.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 943]]
* [[Image:Texas FM 1745.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 1745]]

===Mass transportation===
[[Greyhound Lines]] operates the Livingston Station at the Super Stop Food Mart in Livingston.<ref>"{{cite web |url=http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/locations.aspx?state=tx |title=Greyhound.com &#124; Locations : States : Texas |access-date=2012-07-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815120731/http://www.greyhound.com/en/locations/locations.aspx?state=tx |archive-date=2012-08-15 }}." [[Greyhound Lines]]. Retrieved on July 29, 2012. NOTE: The information for Livingston appears as a pop-up window.</ref>

===Airport===
[[West Livingston]] has the [[Livingston Municipal Airport (Texas)|Livingston Municipal Airport]], operated by the [[Livingston, Texas|City of Livingston]].<ref name="CDPMap">"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4877662&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on West Livingston CDP, Texas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111713/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4877662&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=2011-06-06 }}." [[U.S. Census Bureau]]. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.</ref><ref name="LivAirportProf">"[http://www.cityoflivingston-tx.com/departments/airport.asp Municipal Airport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506141635/http://www.cityoflivingston-tx.com/departments/airport.asp |date=2010-05-06 }}." [[Livingston, Texas|City of Livingston]]. Retrieved on May 9, 2010.</ref>

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Goodrich, Texas|Goodrich]]
* [[Onalaska, Texas|Onalaska]]
* [[Seven Oaks, Texas|Seven Oaks]]

===Towns===
* [[Corrigan, Texas|Corrigan]]
* [[Livingston, Texas|Livingston]] ([[county seat]])

===Census-designated places===
* [[Big Thicket Lake Estates, Texas|Big Thicket Lake Estates]] (partly in [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]])
* [[Cedar Point, Texas|Cedar Point]]
* [[Indian Springs, Texas|Indian Springs]]
* [[Pleasant Hill, Polk County, Texas|Pleasant Hill]]
* [[West Livingston, Texas|West Livingston]]

===Unincorporated communities===
{{div col}}
* [[Ace, Texas|Ace]]
* [[Asia, Texas|Asia]]
* [[Barnum, Texas|Barnum]]
* [[Blanchard, Texas|Blanchard]]
* [[Camden, Texas|Camden]]
* [[Dallardsville, Texas|Dallardsville]]
* [[East Tempe, Texas|East Tempe]]
* [[Leggett, Texas|Leggett]]
* [[Moscow, Texas|Moscow]]
{{div col end}}

===Ghost town===
* [[Laurelia, Texas|Laurelia]]

==Notable people==
* [[Percy Foreman]] - notable criminal defense attorney
* [[John Wesley Hardin]] - [[Old West]] [[gunslinger]]
* [[William P. Hobby]] - Governor of Texas, publisher of ''[[Houston Post]]''
* [[Sam Houston]], general of the revolution to achieve independence and President of the Republic of Texas, spent much time in Polk County, including making peace treaties with the Alabama-Coushata Indians.<ref>[http://www.alabama-coushatta.com/History/TribalHistory.aspx "Tribal History"], Alabama-Coushatta website</ref>
* [[Margo Jones]] - stage director who launched the careers of [[Tennessee Williams]] and [[Ray Walston]] and directed Williams' ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]<ref>[http://www.texasescapes.com/AllThingsHistorical/Tennessee-Williams-Texas-Director-Margaret-Virginia-Margo-Jones-BB506.htm "Margaret Virginia Margo Jones"], Texas Escapes website</ref>
* [[René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle]], noted French explorer of the 17th century, was likely killed in Polk County.<ref>[https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fla04 "René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle"], ''Handbook of Texas Online'', accessed November 18, 2014</ref>
* [[Sally Mayes]] was a Broadway actress and singer. Livingston named a street in her honor.
* [[Mark Moseley]], professional football player, won [[Super Bowl XVII]] and was awarded 1982 MVP as a [[placekicker]].
* [[Moon Mullican]] - musician, "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players"
* Captain (Ike) Isaac Newton Moreland Turner was a Confederate captain who joined the Civil War from Polk County, with units called the [[Texas Brigade]]; his remains were returned here from Georgia and were reinterred in his family cemetery on April 15, 1995.<ref>[http://usads.ms11.net/randy.html Randy Hill, "A Southern Homecoming"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513043132/http://usads.ms11.net/randy.html |date=May 13, 2008 }}, n.d., USA Deep South website</ref>
* [[Annette Gordon-Reed]] (born November 19, 1958, in Livingston, Texas) is an American historian, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and law professor noted for changing scholarship on Thomas Jefferson regarding his relationship with [[Sally Hemings]] and her children.

==Politics==

=== United States Congress ===
{| class=wikitable
|-
! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | '''Senators'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Name'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Party'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''First Elected'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Level'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;
| Senate Class 1
| [[John Cornyn]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 1993
| Senior Senator
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;
| Senate Class 2
| [[Ted Cruz]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2012
| Junior Senator
|-
! colspan=2 align=center valign=bottom | '''Representatives'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Name'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Party'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''First Elected'''
! align=center valign=bottom | '''Area(s) of Polk County Represented'''
|-
|bgcolor="red"|&nbsp;
| District 8
| [[Morgan Luttrell]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| 2022
| Entire county
|}

{{PresHead|place=Polk County, Texas|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=July 29, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|19,216|4,910|165|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|18,573|5,387|226|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|15,176|4,187|489|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|14,071|4,859|204|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|13,731|6,230|188|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|13,778|6,964|104|Texas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|11,746|6,877|371|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,473|6,360|1,411|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|5,390|5,942|2,922|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|5,831|5,943|155|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,987|3,898|33|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|3,771|4,213|124|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|2,529|4,384|54|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,048|1,760|20|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,013|1,841|1,713|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,199|2,492|9|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,268|2,037|55|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,663|1,465|16|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,454|2,238|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|317|1,422|531|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|154|1,817|283|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|280|2,642|0|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|141|1,618|1|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|110|2,117|2|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|508|994|4|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|272|1,839|31|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|255|810|220|Texas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|107|918|114|Texas}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|41|615|124|Texas}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Texas}}
* [[List of counties in Texas]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Texas]]
* [[List of Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks (Mason-Rusk)#Polk County|Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Polk County]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Polk County, Texas}}
* {{Official website|http://www.co.polk.tx.us/}}
* [http://www.polkcountygenealogy.com Polk County (TXGenWeb)]
* {{Handbook of Texas|id=hcp06|name=Polk County}}

{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Polk County, Texas
|North     = [[Angelina County, Texas|Angelina County]]
|Northeast =
|East      = [[Tyler County, Texas|Tyler County]]
|Southeast = [[Hardin County, Texas|Hardin County]]
|South     = [[Liberty County, Texas|Liberty County]]
|Southwest = [[San Jacinto County, Texas|San Jacinto County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Trinity County, Texas|Trinity County]]
}}

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