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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 ]
Benton County: 003: Corvallis: 1847: Polk County: Named for Thomas Hart Benton, senator and advocate of U.S. annexation of the Oregon Country. 97,713: 676 sq mi (1,751 km 2) Clackamas County: 005: Oregon City: 1843: One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country: Named for the Clackamas people, a local Native American tribe. 423,173: ...
Dallas is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,854 at the 2020 census. [6] Dallas is along Rickreall Creek, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Salem, at an elevation of 325 feet (99 m) above sea level. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 34 of those are found in Polk County. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted December 20, 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.
West Salem is a neighborhood in Salem, Oregon, United States, located in the far northwest part of the city. West Salem is the only part of the city that is located in Polk County. The neighborhood is separated from the rest of Salem by the Willamette River, which serves as West Salem's southeast border.
Monmouth (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ /) is a city in Polk County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was named for Monmouth, Illinois, the origin of its earliest settlers. [4] The population is 11,110 at the 2020 Census [5] and it is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Black Rock is an unincorporated community and former logging camp in Polk County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about three miles west of Falls City , in the Central Oregon Coast Range on the Little Luckiamute River .