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  Polk - History
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Parents > United States > Florida > FL Counties > Polk  
Websitehttps://www.polk-county.net/
Established February 08, 1861
Disbanded Still Active
Last ModifiedRP September 12, 2019 05:58pm
Description39th County of Florida
Established: February 8, 1861
County Seat: Bartow

All-America City Winner 2007.

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January 01, 1968 -


POLK exchanged with OSCEOLA. (Fla. Laws 1967, 41st sess., gen., ch. 67-592, secs. 1-3/pp. 1728-1730)

December 31, 1949 - January 01, 1968


POLK gained from PASCO. (Fla. Laws 1949, 32d sess., gen., ch. 25440, secs. 1-2/pp. 1055-1056; Fla. Laws 1949, ext. sess., ch. 26347/p. 125)

July 29, 1942 - December 31, 1949


POLK lost to PASCO. (Fla. Stat., 1941, 1:secs. 7.22, 7.26, 7.51, 7.53)

June 10, 1891 - July 29, 1942


POLK gained small area from LAKE and gained from PASCO. (Fla. Laws 1891, 3d sess., ch. 4066/p. 108)

May 31, 1889 - June 10, 1891


POLK gained from SUMTER. (Fla. Laws 1889, ext. sess., ch. 3932/p. 167)

March 05, 1883 - May 31, 1889


POLK gained small area from HERNANDO. (Fla. Laws 1883, 12th sess., ch. 3471/p. 80)

January 01, 1880 - March 05, 1883


By 1880, POLK lost to HERNANDO. (Rand, McNally, 1880, 254-255)

March 05, 1879 - January 01, 1880


POLK lost to ORANGE and SUMTER. (Fla. Laws 1879, 10th sess., ch. 3177/p. 141)

February 19, 1874 - March 05, 1879


POLK gained from HILLSBOROUGH. (Fla. Laws 1874, 7th sess., ch. 1998/p. 63)

January 30, 1871 - February 19, 1874


POLK gained from SUMTER. (Fla. Laws 1871, 4th sess., ch. 1848/p. 36)

February 08, 1861 - January 30, 1871


POLK created from BREVARD and HILLSBOROUGH. (Fla. Laws 1860, 10th sess., ch. 1201/p. 192; Fla. Rpts., 120:429-431)

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