Polk County, Nebraska, United States

Details for Polk County

Name

Polk County

Place Type

County

Located in

Nebraska, United States

County Seat

Osceola (South Osceola Precinct)

Coordinates

Latitude		41.1833477		41° 11' 00.1" N
Longitude		-97.5336609		97° 32' 01.2" W

Population

5,675

Elevation

510 m

Surrounding Counties

Platte N
Butler E
Seward SE
York S
Hamilton SW
Merrick W
Nance NW

USGS GNIS FeatureID

835893

Histopolis Place ID

571862169

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Polk County

10 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

USGenWeb Archives: Polk County NE [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/polk/poltable.htm (6 Jan 2010)

Nebraska Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Nebraska Gravestone Photo Project]
Research your Nebraska ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Nebraska gravestone photos. Locate Nebraska gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Nebraska roots.
http://nebraskagravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=72 (8 Mar 2011)

The Political Graveyard: Polk County, Neb. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/PO.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

Polk County, Nebraska NE, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Polk County, Nebraska NE, county profile, with sections on demographics, cemeteries, the economy, government, history and politics.
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22429 (18 Nov 2008)

Polk County NEGenWeb [Polk County NEGenWeb]
Genealogy and Local History for Polk County Nebraska
http://www.polk.ancestralwhispers.com/ (1 Jul 2008)

Polk County, Nebraska Cemetery Records [Interment.net]
Cemetery records of Polk County, Nebraska
http://www.interment.net/us/ne/polk.htm (16 May 2010)

Polk County, Nebraska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polk_County,_Nebraska (4 Aug 2010)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1875 (1 Sep 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Polk County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Nebraska > Polk County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/NE/Polk/ (24 Jan 2010)

Cemeteries in or near Polk County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=22429&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (15 Jan 2009)

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Surveys in Polk County

1 Survey, 4 Ranges, 16 Townships

The Sixth Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Polk County. You can navigate to any of the 16 survey townships that overlap Polk County using the navigation tool below.

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Precincts of Polk County

6 Precincts

East Stromsburg	North Osceola	South Canada	South Osceola
West Pleasant Home	West Stromsburg

Cities of Polk County

2 Cities, 2 Villages, 3 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Durant	Osceola (city)	Polk (village)	Prairie (historical u.p.)
Shelby (village)	Stromsburg (city)	Swedehome

Cemeteries of Polk County

14 Cemeteries, 1 Alternate Name (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Beulah	Blue Ridge	Graceland	Hoffer
Laclede	Osceola	Palo	Polk
Sacred Heart	Saint Mary's	St. Mary's (*)	Stromsburg
Swedehome	Thelen	Wesley Chapel

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