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Polk County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,433. [1] The county seat is Dallas. [2] The county is named for James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States. Polk County is part of the Salem, OR Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Portland ...
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site, also known as Helmick Park, is a state park located south of Monmouth, in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the floodplain of the Luckiamute River and is forested by Bigleaf Maple, Douglas-fir, and Black Cottonwood trees, among other varieties.
Map Baker County: 001: Baker City: 1862: Eastern portion of Wasco County: Named in honor of Edward Dickinson Baker, who died in combat while serving as Oregon senator. 16,912: 3,068 sq mi (7,946 km 2) Benton County: 003: Corvallis: 1847: Polk County: Named for Thomas Hart Benton, senator and advocate of U.S. annexation of the Oregon Country ...
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, Oregon is home to over 2,000, and 34 of those are found in Polk County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 19, 2024.
The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County. Salem was founded in 1842, became the capital of the Oregon Territory in 1851, and was incorporated in 1857. Salem had a population of 175,535 at the 2020 census, [ 8 ] making it the 3rd most populous city in the state after ...
Salt Creek, Oregon. Coordinates: 44.995672°N 123.352883°W. Salt Creek is an unincorporated historic community in Polk County, Oregon, United States on Oregon Route 22 about six miles northwest of Dallas. As an early European American settlement of the Oregon Country, the cemetery at Salt Creek has graves dating back to 1847. [1]
The Little Nestucca River is a river, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, on the Pacific coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Central Oregon Coast Range west of the Willamette Valley . It rises in the Van Duzer State Forest in northwestern Polk County, in the mountains west of Salem.
Buena Vista, Oregon. Coordinates: 44°46′10″N 123°09′02″W. Buena Vista / ˈbjuːnə ˈvɪstə / is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located on the Willamette River, and is the western landing for the Buena Vista Ferry. It is approximately 7 miles (11 km) south-southeast of Independence .