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The Polk County History Center is located at 100 East Main Street, Bartow, Florida, in the historic Old Polk County Courthouse. The museum consists of exhibits presenting local and regional history from pre-Columbian to present eras and a library with items pertaining to the history and genealogy of the eastern United States.
The District encompasses approximately 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) in all or part of 16 counties in west-central Florida including Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Sumter counties, serving a population of more than 5.5 million people.
Lakeland Linder International Airport [3] (IATA: LAL, ICAO: KLAL, FAA LID: LAL) is a public airport five miles southwest of Lakeland, in Polk County, Florida. [2] The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a national reliever facility for Tampa International Airport. [4]
Police services are contracted through the Polk County Sheriffs Office Department. [12] The town's annual operating budget is less than $100,000. [ 13 ] In the most recent 2009 elections, only the incumbent commissioners qualified and were elected by default.
In Polk County, just 12.4% of residents are up-to-date on COVID-19 vaccinations, the county health department says. As of Monday, 30% of the state's population have received a flu shot, according ...
As the first employee under the age of 21 in the department, he was required to get his father to purchase his ammunition. [3] At the age of 27, he attained the rank of captain, supervising 44 employees, all of whom were older than he. [3] He was elected as the sheriff of Polk County in 2004, and re-elected in 2008, 2012, and 2016. [8]
Polk County (/ p oʊ k /) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida. The county population was 725,046, as of the 2020 census, and estimated to be 818,330, as of July 1, 2023. [1] Its county seat is Bartow, [2] and its largest city is Lakeland. Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan ...
Harris has announced his retirement as Ashland County’s maintenance supervisor effective July 31. He was hired for the position in September 1991.