Named in the favor of James K. Polk, the Polk County was created in the year 1839 with an area of 442 sq mi. About 16.8K people with marvelous combination of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with more than 6.6K housing units and 4.7K families are found here. Benton forms the county seat and the largest city of the county. The county is situated in the southeastern corner of the State of Tennessee.

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