July
27, 1858 – “The land area of Polk County was established when Governor H. H. Sibley signed the bill creating the county on [this date]. The land area for the county was set off from the territorial county of Pembina, which included parts of northwestern Minnesota and northeastern North Dakota. The law set up the southern boundary of Pembina as the northern boundary of Polk County. When the present counties north of Polk were established, the name Pembina was erased from the county map of Minnesota.”1
The county was named in honor of James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States. Polk was the president that approved the act of Congress that organized Minnesota Territory.2
1http://www.co.polk.mn.us/index.asp?SEC=35F5E9E4-2454-4EC9-BBB1-320943022099&DE=CA2705B2-B978-4732-917F-03F03A4DABE5&Type=B_BASIC
2Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 421.
The county was named in honor of James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States. Polk was the president that approved the act of Congress that organized Minnesota Territory.2
1http://www.co.polk.mn.us/index.asp?SEC=35F5E9E4-2454-4EC9-BBB1-320943022099&DE=CA2705B2-B978-4732-917F-03F03A4DABE5&Type=B_BASIC
2Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 421.
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