Polk may refer to:

People

James K. Polk James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives (1835–1839) and ninth governor of Tennessee (183 ...

, 11th president of the United States * Polk (name), other people with the name

Places

Polk (CTA) Polk is an 'L' station on the Pink Line of the Chicago Transit Authority. It is adjacent to Rush University Medical Center within the Illinois Medical District in the Near West Side community area. History Polk Station opened on April 28, 18 ...

, a train station in Chicago, Illinois *

Polk, Illinois Polk is an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, United States. It lies just north of the Kankakee County Kankakee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 113, ...

, an unincorporated community *

Polk, Missouri Polk is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route D, approximately twelve miles northeast of Bolivar. Polk is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

, an unincorporated community * Polk, Nebraska, a village *

Polk, Ohio Polk is a village in Ashland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 336 at the 2010 census. History Polk was laid out in 1849. A post office called Polk has been in operation since 1846. Geography Polk is located at (40.945541, -82.21 ...

, a village * Polk, Pennsylvania, a borough *

Polk, West Virginia Polk is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cla ...

, an unincorporated community *

Polk, Wisconsin Polk is a town in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,938 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Ackerville, Cedar Creek, Cedar Lake, Diefenbach Corners, Mayfield, and Rugby Junction are located ...

, a town *

Polk City, Florida Polk City is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,562 at the 2010 census. As of 2018, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 2,422. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistica ...

, a city * Polk City, Iowa, a city * Polk County (disambiguation) *

Polk Street Polk Street (also sometimes referred to by its German name, ''Polkstrasse'') is a street in San Francisco, California, that travels northward from Market Street to Beach Street and is one of the main thoroughfares of the Polk Gulch neighborhood t ...

, San Francisco * Polk Township (disambiguation)

Historic structures

* Polk Home, Columbia, Tennessee, sole surviving residence of U.S. President James K. Polk *

Polk Hotel The Polk Hotel (also known as the Palm Crest Hotel or the Landmark Baptist College) is a historic hotel in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. It is located at 800–810 Hinson Avenue in Haines City, Florida. On March 17, 1994, it was a ...

, an historic hotel in Haines City, Florida

Military

Camp Polk (Oregon) Camp Polk was a former army camp in the U.S. state of Oregon that was established in Deschutes County in 1865.

, a former military installation * Fort Polk, a United States Army base in Leesville, Louisiana *Polk (

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, ...

: полк), Eastern European military division that corresponds to

regiment A regiment is a military unit. Its role and size varies markedly, depending on the country, service and/or a specialisation. In Medieval Europe, the term "regiment" denoted any large body of front-line soldiers, recruited or conscripted ...

; polk is headed by polkovnik ** Polk is a root segment in a Slavic words "opolchenie" where phoneme k switches to ch, while the word means

militia A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...

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POLK Polk may refer to: People * James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States * Polk (name), other people with the name Places *Polk (CTA), a train station in Chicago, Illinois * Polk, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Polk, Missouri ...

, a human gene *

Polk Audio Polk Audio is an American manufacturer of audio products best known for its home and automobile speakers. The company also produces a wide range of other audio products, such as amplifiers and FM tuners. The company's headquarters are in San Die ...

, American audio equipment manufacturer *

Polk State College Polk State College, formerly Polk Community College, is a public college in Winter Haven, Florida. It is part of the Florida College System. The college changed its name from Polk Community College in 2009 to reflect its first Bachelor's degre ...

, Winter Haven, Florida

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