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Polk, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 322
Housing Units (2000): 190
Land area (2000): 0.489090 sq. miles (1.266738 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.489090 sq. miles (1.266738 sq. km)
FIPS code: 39660
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.076243 N, 97.785010 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68654
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Polk, NE
Polk
Polk, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
Population (2000): 357
Housing Units (2000): 127
Land area (2000): 1.008179 sq. miles (2.611171 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.028281 sq. miles (0.073247 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.036460 sq. miles (2.684418 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63996
Located within: Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location: 40.945541 N, 82.217374 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 44866
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Polk, OH
Polk
Polk, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1031
Housing Units (2000): 209
Land area (2000): 1.941519 sq. miles (5.028510 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011855 sq. miles (0.030705 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.953374 sq. miles (5.059215 sq. km)
FIPS code: 61936
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.371532 N, 79.929445 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 16342
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Polk, PA
Polk
Polk -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 38127
Housing Units (2000): 15059
Land area (2000): 311.140505 sq. miles (805.850175 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.993434 sq. miles (2.572981 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 312.133939 sq. miles (808.423156 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 34.007831 N, 85.178124 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, GA
Polk County
Polk County, GA
Polk -- U.S. County in Iowa
Population (2000): 374601
Housing Units (2000): 156447
Land area (2000): 569.346478 sq. miles (1474.600546 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 22.553827 sq. miles (58.414140 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 591.900305 sq. miles (1533.014686 sq. km)
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.627938 N, 93.630942 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, IA
Polk County
Polk County, IA
Polk -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 26992
Housing Units (2000): 11183
Land area (2000): 637.203600 sq. miles (1650.349677 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.260373 sq. miles (13.624303 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 642.463973 sq. miles (1663.973980 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.614444 N, 93.414173 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, MO
Polk County
Polk County, MO
Polk -- U.S. County in Minnesota
Population (2000): 31369
Housing Units (2000): 14008
Land area (2000): 1970.371206 sq. miles (5103.237779 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 27.437515 sq. miles (71.062834 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1997.808721 sq. miles (5174.300613 sq. km)
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.770373 N, 96.408371 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, MN
Polk County
Polk County, MN
Polk -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 5639
Housing Units (2000): 2717
Land area (2000): 438.835817 sq. miles (1136.579500 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.879881 sq. miles (4.868868 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 440.715698 sq. miles (1141.448368 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 41.184518 N, 97.588967 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, NE
Polk County
Polk County, NE
Polk -- U.S. County in North Carolina
Population (2000): 18324
Housing Units (2000): 9192
Land area (2000): 237.854472 sq. miles (616.040229 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.745586 sq. miles (1.931058 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 238.600058 sq. miles (617.971287 sq. km)
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.255644 N, 82.207646 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, NC
Polk County
Polk County, NC
Polk -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000): 41133
Housing Units (2000): 21177
Land area (2000): 1057.262345 sq. miles (2738.296787 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 52.551401 sq. miles (136.107497 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1109.813746 sq. miles (2874.404284 sq. km)
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 30.779134 N, 94.895074 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, TX
Polk County
Polk County, TX
Polk -- U.S. County in Oregon
Population (2000): 62380
Housing Units (2000): 24461
Land area (2000): 741.025670 sq. miles (1919.247592 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.124014 sq. miles (8.091159 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 744.149684 sq. miles (1927.338751 sq. km)
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 44.920550 N, 123.373304 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, OR
Polk County
Polk County, OR
Polk -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 16050
Housing Units (2000): 7369
Land area (2000): 435.054338 sq. miles (1126.785516 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 7.299238 sq. miles (18.904940 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 442.353576 sq. miles (1145.690456 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.110672 N, 84.542893 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, TN
Polk County
Polk County, TN
Polk -- U.S. County in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 41319
Housing Units (2000): 21129
Land area (2000): 917.272116 sq. miles (2375.723772 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 39.007580 sq. miles (101.029163 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 956.279696 sq. miles (2476.752935 sq. km)
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 45.451694 N, 92.452228 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, WI
Polk County
Polk County, WI
Polk -- U.S. County in Florida
Population (2000): 483924
Housing Units (2000): 226376
Land area (2000): 1874.381459 sq. miles (4854.625486 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 135.604089 sq. miles (351.212963 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2009.985548 sq. miles (5205.838449 sq. km)
Located within: Florida (FL), FIPS 12
Location: 27.992436 N, 81.758303 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, FL
Polk County
Polk County, FL
Polk -- U.S. County in Arkansas
Population (2000): 20229
Housing Units (2000): 9236
Land area (2000): 859.378766 sq. miles (2225.780691 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.041186 sq. miles (7.876636 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 862.419952 sq. miles (2233.657327 sq. km)
Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location: 34.485490 N, 94.253631 W
Headwords:
Polk
Polk, AR
Polk County
Polk County, AR
Wikipedia
Polk (CTA station)

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.

POLK

DNA polymerase kappa is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the POLK gene.

Usage examples of "polk".

I hit out acrost the mountains, and the next morning found me eating breakfast at the aidge of War Paint, with a old hunter and trapper by the name of old Bill Polk which was camped there temporary.

And he hit Polk County under the jaw and knocked him clean acrost the yard into a rain barrel amongst the rooins of which he reposed till he was rescued and revived some hours later.

General Grant has thought about it, which may be why he moved so quickly to take Paducah when Polk moved into Kentucky.

Leonidas Polk in Tennessee, anticipating a move by the Yankees on Paducah, has sent a Confederate force across our border.

She had gone to MIT as a postdoctoral fellow to do research with Linden Polk.

It was a lucky thing that the impatient rebel General Polk had blundered by invading Kentucky, giving Grant the excuse to grab Paducah and pose his threat to Fort Henry.

On October 14th, in token of our earnestness in this matter, and in case you do not relent, we shall kill a policeman on or near the corner of Polk Street and Clermont Avenue.

I went away with the assurance that they would look into it and that the vicinity of Polk and Clermont would be doubly patrolled on the night mentioned.

The tragedy was enacted in the full glare of the street lights on the corner of Polk Street and Clermont Avenue.

His own brigade, led by Cols. Middleton and Polk, Taylor and Lacy, advanced in front, under shelter of a line of negro houses, which they were ordered to occupy.

Polk and Cleburne and Breckinridge and Forrest and Fighting Joe Wheeler and a whole long roll of famous Southern generals were there.

All his generals, Hardee, Breckinridge, Polk, Cleburne and the rest were in position and the cavalry was led by Wheeler, a youthful rough rider, destined to become famous as Fighting Joe Wheeler.

I demanded that Sal (the crafty Sicilian owner of the joint at Polk & Jackson Streets where I had been studying for my exams over pitchers of draft beer) hang it behind the bar over the cash register.

The majority of military bases in the continental United States are named after Confederate officers - Fort Bragg, Fort Benning, Fort Hood, Fort Polk, Fort Rucker.

Polk, even the Death page has been restored to its former glory, with two full-length obituaries running daily.