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The Bartow County Library System had its beginnings in 1896 as a library organization started by the Cherokee Women's Club of Bartow County. In 1903 a building was funded and constructed to be used as the library, and was located on Public Square.
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.
This is a list of all public library systems in Georgia, United States, serviced under the Georgia Public Library Service. [1] Georgia has 62 library systems [2] consisting of 387 branches serving its 159 counties. [3]
Bartow County was created from the Cherokee lands of the Cherokee County territory on December 3, 1832, and named Cass County, after General Lewis Cass (1782–1866), Secretary of War under President Andrew Jackson, Minister to France and Secretary of State under President James Buchanan, [3] who was instrumental in the removal of Native Americans from the area.
The Polk County Democrat was a newspaper published in Bartow, Florida, Polk County, Florida.It was a semi-weekly paper which began publication in 1931 and is the only newspaper published within Bartow. [1]
Kingston is located in west-central Bartow County at (34.235749, -84.944648 [4]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km 2), all land.
Bartow Historic District, in Bartow, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] The district included 121 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and a contributing site.
Bartow (/ ˈ b ɑːr t oʊ / BAR-toh) is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Florida, United States.Founded in 1851 as Fort Blount, the city was renamed in honor of Francis S. Bartow, the first brigade commander of the Confederate Army to die in combat during the American Civil War.