Polk County, Tennessee

administration
Polk County Courthouse
US state :	Tennessee
Administrative headquarters :	Benton
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 128 Benton, TN 37307-0128
Foundation :	November 28, 1839
Made up from:	Bradley County McMinn County
Area code :	001 423
Demographics
Residents :	16,825 (2010)
Population density :	14.9 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1146 km²
Water surface :	19 km²
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Polk County is a county in the state of Tennessee in the United States . The county seat is Benton .

geography

The county is located in the extreme southeast of Tennessee, borders North Carolina to the east and Georgia to the south and has an area of 1,146 square kilometers, of which 19 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Monroe County , Cherokee County, North Carolina, Fannin County, Georgia, Murray County, Georgia, Bradley County, and McMinn County . The Cherokee National Forest extends partially into Polk County.

Citys and Towns

Unincorporated Communities

history

James K. Polk

Polk County was formed on November 28, 1839 from parts of Bradley County and McMinn County. It was named after James K. Polk , the eleventh President of the United States .

Before that, he served as governor of the state of Tennessee (1839 to 1841) and speaker of the House of Representatives (1835 to 1839). Polk belonged to the Democratic Party .

Nancy Ward Tomb is one of 18 entries for the county in the NRHP.

18 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of August 27, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1900	11,357	-
1910	14,116	24.3%
1920	14,243	0.9%
1930	15,686	10.1%
1940	15,473	-1.4%
1950	14,074	-9%
1960	12,160	-13.6%
1970	11,669	-4%
1980	13,602	16.6%
1990	13,643	0.3%
2000	16,050	17.6%
2010	16,825	4.8%
1900-1990 2000

Polk County Age Pyramid

According to the 2000 census , Polk County had 16,050 people in 6,448 households and 4,752 families. The population density was 14 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.35 percent white, 0.14 percent African American, 0.27 percent Native American, 0.12 percent Asian, 0.02 percent from the Pacific island area and 0.09 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 1.01 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.73 percent of the population.

Of the 6,448 households, 29.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 60.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.0 percent were single mothers, and 26.3 percent were non-families. 23.3 percent were single households and 9.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.46 and the average household size was 2.89 people.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24, 28.5 percent between 25 and 44, 26.4 percent between 45 and 64 and 14.3 percent were older than 65. The mean age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.3 males and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 95.8 males.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 29,643 , and the median income for a family is $ 36,370. Males had a median income of $ 27,703 versus $ 21,010 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,025. 9.7 percent of families and 13.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

^ Polk County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2018.
↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
Jump up ↑ Polk County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Web links

Commons : Polk County, Tennessee - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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[1] Polk County ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.

[2] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed August 27, 2018.

[3] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011

[4] Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011

[5] Jump up ↑ Polk County, Tennessee , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .