Polk may refer to:

People

James K. Polk James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (183 ...

, 11th president of the United States * Polk (name), other people with the name

Places

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 * Polk, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Polk, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

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 *

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 *

Polk, Pennsylvania Polk is a borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 703 at the 2020 census. Polk State Center, a state-run facility for the intellectually disabled, was opened in 1897 and is located in the borough. In 2019, Pennsy ...

, a borough *

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 cl ...

, an unincorporated community *

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 *

Polk City, Florida Polk City is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,562 at the 2010 census. As of 2018, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 2,422. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistic ...

, a city *

Polk City, Iowa Polk City is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 5543 in the 2020 census, an increase from 2,344 in 2000. It is part of the Des Moines– West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Polk City is located along Sa ...

, a city * Polk County (disambiguation) *

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 ...

, San Francisco * Polk Township (disambiguation)

Historic structures

Polk Home The President James K. Polk Home & Museum is the presidential museum for the eleventh president of the United States, James K. Polk, and is located at 301 West 7th Street in Columbia, Tennessee. Built in 1816, it is the only surviving private r ...

, Columbia, Tennessee, sole surviving residence of U.S. President James K. Polk * Polk Hotel, an historic hotel in Haines City, Florida

Military

Camp Polk (Oregon) Camp Polk was a former army camp in the U.S. state of Oregon that was established in Deschutes County in 1865.

, a former military installation *

Fort Polk Fort Polk is a United States Army installation located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, about 10 miles (15 km) east of Leesville and 30 miles (50 km) north of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish. It was named to honor Leonidas Polk, the firs ...

, a United States Army base in Leesville, Louisiana *Polk (

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking co ...

: полк), Eastern European military division that corresponds to

regiment A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation. In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscript ...

; polk is headed by

polkovnik ''Polkovnik'' (russian: полковник, lit=regimentary; pl, pułkownik) is a military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries which corresponds to a colonel in English-speaking states and oberst in several German-speaking and Scandin ...

** Polk is a root segment in a Slavic words "opolchenie" where phoneme k switches to ch, while the word means

militia A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...

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POLK Polk may refer to: People * James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States * Polk (name), other people with the name Places * Polk (CTA), a train station in Chicago, Illinois * Polk, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Polk, Missou ...

, a human gene *

Polk Audio Polk Audio is an American manufacturer of audio products best known for its home and automobile speakers. The company also produces a wide range of other audio products, such as amplifiers and FM tuners. The company's headquarters are in San Die ...

, American audio equipment manufacturer *

Polk State College Polk State College, formerly Polk Community College, is a public college in Winter Haven, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. The college changed its name from Polk Community College in 2009 to reflect its first Bachelor's degre ...

, Winter Haven, Florida

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