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Polk County is Florida's 39th county, established on February 8, 1861, from segments of Brevard County and Hillsborough County. It gains its name from James Knox Polk (1795-1849), the 11th President of the United States (1845-1849). Bartow is the county seat. Bartow was named after Confederate General Francis F. Bartow, who was the first general officer of either side to fall during the Civil War.

For earlier maps of this area, visit the Brevard County and Hillsborough County map galleries.


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Polk County, 1871
This 1871 detail of Florida shows county lines and county seats current to the period, major towns and cities, and railroad routes and stations for Polk County. The major water features of this detail are the Withlacoochee River and Cypress Lake. Oth...

Polk County, 1873
This detail of a 1873 map of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina shows an in color portrait of county lines of the period, Florida railroad routes, forts, and outlines major waterways for Polk County. The major features of the detail are Fort Davenp...

Polk County, 1874
This detail of a map of Florida indicates Polk County current to 1874. It shows drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, battlefields, and submarine cables to Havana. It also lists operating and newly chartered railroads of the tim...

Polk County, 1880
This map of Polk County shows the county seat (Peace Creek) and cities current to 1880....

Polk County, 1882
This detail of a map of Florida covers Polk County and vicinity and indicates drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, railroads, and the 15-mile railroad land grant limits surrounding the track. The major water features of the det...

Polk County, 1883
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), and railroads connecting the major cities current to 1883....

Polk County, 1886
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), and railroads connecting the major cities current to 1886....

Polk County, 1886
This is a detailed map of Polk County, Florida showing the County Seat, major cities, roads, railroads, inland waters, etc. Township and range grid established from the Tallahassee baseline and meridian shows the extent of land survey in the county i...

Polk County, 1888
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), railroads, and cities current to 1888....

Polk County, 1888
This detail shows county lines and county seats current to the period, major towns and cities, and railroad routes and stations for Polk County. The Townships are subdivided into sections, and those sections offered for sale by the land department of...

Polk County, 1888
This detail of a map of Florida indicates Polk County current to 1888. The map was issued by the Florida Southern Railway Company. It shows lands, owned, and offered for sale by said department. Six square miles makes up a township, which is numbered...

Polk County, 1889
This is a detail of a map of Florida showing counties, railroads, cities, inland waters, etc for Polk County. Each color represents a different route. The origin and destination for each route is found on the main map in an Explanation key. Features ...

Polk County, 1890
A map of Polk County showing towns, bodies of water, county lines, the county seat (Bartow), and railroads connecting the major cities current to 1890. ...

Polk County, 1890
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), railroads, and cities current to 1890....

Polk County, 1890
A map of Polk County showing the county seat (Bartow), cities, towns, rivers, lakes, roads, and railroads present in 1890....

Polk County, 1892
This detail of a map of Florida indicates Polk County current to 1892. Major waterways are shown with thin, concentric lines. The thick black lines represent railroads. The central features of the detail include Bartow, Haines City, and Fort Meade....

Polk County, 1893
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), and railroads connecting the major cities current to 1893....

Map of the Phosphate Fields of Florida - Polk, 1893
A portion of Tucker s phosphate map showing Polk County. Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a map of Florida showing its phosphate fields projected and compiled from the actual numbers of the land, circ...

Polk County, 1894
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), railroads, and cities current to 1894....

Polk County, 1897
A map of Polk County showing forts, towns, bodies of water, county lines, the county seat (Bartow), and railroads connecting the major cities current to 1897. Township and Range grids extending from the Tallahassee Meridian and Tallahassee Base Line ...

Polk County, 1898
A map of Polk County as of 1898 showing lakes, rivers, railroads, towns, and the county seat, Bartow....

Polk County, 1898
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), and railroads connecting the major cities current to 1898....

Polk County, 1898
Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a detail map of Polk county circa 1898. This map shows section township range (STR). Main cities and towns are shown such as the county seat Bartow. Inland waters are ...

Polk County, 1899
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), and railroads connecting the major cities current to 1899....

Polk County, 1900
A map of Polk County showing county lines, the county seat (Bartow), railroads, and cities current to 1900....

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