Polk County, TN

Headnote
POLK COUNTY, situated in the southeast corner of Tennessee. Area, 330 square miles. Seat of justice, Bentonville. Pop. in 1840, 8,449; in 1850, 6,186. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Tennessee

Polk County, Tennessee (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
POLK COUNTY, situated in the southeast corner of Tennessee. Area, 330 square miles. Seat of justice, Bentonville. Pop. in 1840, 8,449; in 1850, 6,186.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 297.
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