Polk County, Oregon
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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. The county seat is Dallas. The county is named for James Knox Polk, the 11th presid
Polk County Courthouse in Dallas
Agricultural field and tree near Perrydale
Independence, Oregon
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Independence is a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States, on the west bank of the Willamette River along Oregon Route 51, and east of nearby Monmouth. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statisti
Polk County, Oregon
…vice president (1845–1849) to James Polk. During the 1880s and 1890s, there were a series of unsuccessful efforts to move the county seat to nearby Independence. According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 744 square miles (1,930 km2), of which 741 square miles (1,920 km2) is…
Independence National Bank
Downtown Independence c. 1920, with Independence National Bank visible at left.