Polk County, Missouri (Fanning's, 1853)
Gazetteer/Almanac
POLK COUNTY, situated in the southwesterly part of Missouri. Area, 760 square miles. Seat of justice, Bolivar. Pop. in 1840, 8,449; in 1850, 6,186.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 297.
