Polk may refer to:
People
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James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States
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Polk (name)
Polk may refer to the following people:
;Given name
*Polk, a Paiute (Native American) chief (see Bluff War)
*Polk Laffoon (1844–1906), American lawyer and U.S. Representative from Kentucky
*Polk Miller (c. 1840–1913), American pharmacist, music ...
, other people with the name
Places
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Polk (CTA)
Polk is an 'L' station on the Pink Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. It is adjacent to Rush University Medical Center within the Illinois Medical District in the Near West Side community area.
History
Polk Station opened on April 28, 18 ...
, a train station in Chicago, Illinois
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Polk, Illinois
Polk is an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, United States. It lies just north of the Kankakee County
Kankakee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 113, ...
, an unincorporated community
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Polk, Missouri
Polk is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route D, approximately twelve miles northeast of Bolivar. Polk is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area ...
, an unincorporated community
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Polk, Nebraska
Polk is a village in Polk County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 322 at the 2010 census.
History
Polk was platted in 1906 when the railroad was extended to that point.
Geography
Polk is located at (41.076243, -97.785010).
Accordi ...
, a village
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Polk, Ohio
Polk is a village in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 336 at the 2010 census.
History
Polk was laid out in 1849. A post office called Polk has been in operation since 1846.
Geography
Polk is located at (40.945541, -82.21 ...
, a village
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Polk, Pennsylvania, a borough
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Polk, West Virginia
Polk is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cla ...
, an unincorporated community
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Polk, Wisconsin
Polk is a town in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,938 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Ackerville, Cedar Creek, Cedar Lake, Diefenbach Corners, Mayfield, and Rugby Junction are located ...
, a town
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Polk City, Florida, a city
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Polk City, Iowa, a city
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Polk County (disambiguation) Polk County is the name of twelve counties in the United States, all except two named after president of the United States James Knox Polk:
* Polk County, Arkansas
* Polk County, Florida
* Polk County, Georgia
* Polk County, Iowa
* Polk County, ...
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Polk Street
Polk Street (also sometimes referred to by its German name, ''Polkstrasse'') is a street in San Francisco, California, that travels northward from Market Street to Beach Street and is one of the main thoroughfares of the Polk Gulch neighborhood t ...
, San Francisco
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Polk Township (disambiguation) Polk Township may refer to:
Arkansas
* Polk Township, Newton County, Arkansas, in Newton County, Arkansas
Illinois
* Polk Township, Macoupin County, Illinois
Indiana
* Polk Township, Huntington County, Indiana
* Polk Township, Marshall County, I ...
Historic structures
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Polk Home, Columbia, Tennessee, sole surviving residence of U.S. President James K. Polk
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Polk Hotel
The Polk Hotel (also known as the Palm Crest Hotel or the Landmark Baptist College) is a historic hotel in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It is located at 800–810 Hinson Avenue in Haines City, Florida.
On March 17, 1994, it was a ...
, an historic hotel in Haines City, Florida
Military
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Camp Polk (Oregon), a former military installation
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Fort Polk, a United States Army base in Leesville, Louisiana
*Polk (
Cyrillic script: полк), Eastern European military division that corresponds to
regiment; polk is headed by
polkovnik
** Polk is a root segment in a Slavic words "opolchenie" where phoneme k switches to ch, while the word means
militia
Other uses
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POLK, a human gene
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Polk Audio, American audio equipment manufacturer
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Polk State College, Winter Haven, Florida
See also
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Poke (disambiguation)
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Pokeweed, "Polk salad"
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Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), German artist
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