Polk County, North Carolina
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Revision as of 22:26, 21 November 2012
United States 
North Carolina Polk County
| Polk County, North Carolina | |||||||||
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 Location in the state of North Carolina | |||||||||
 Location of North Carolina in the U.S. | |||||||||
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| Founded | 1855 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Columbus | ||||||||
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Contents |
County Courthouse
Polk County Courthouse
P O Box 308
Columbus, NC 28722
Phone: 828-894-8450
Clerk superior Court has divorce records from1932
probate and court records from from 1872
Register of Deeds has marriage and land records [1]
History
Parent County
1855--Polk County was from Henderson and Rutherford Counties.
County seat: Columbus [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Polk County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Polk County for European settlers included:[3]
- Old Cherokee Path pre-historic
- Catawba Trail pre-historic
- Old South Carolina State Road 1747
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate
- 1855-1921 - Will Books 1 to 2 (1855-1921) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Polk County, North Carolina. Page 512 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002) WorldCat entry., and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) WorldCat entry.
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