Polk

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Etymology

• As a Scottish surname, shortened from Pollock.
• As a Upper Sorbian surname Półk, Pólk, probably shortened from a personal name based on Proto-Slavic *plъkъ (“army, crowd”), see Polka.
• As an East German surname of Slavic origin, variant of Polke, itself from a Silesian form of Polish Bolesław.

Proper noun

Polk (countable and uncountable, plural Polks)

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois.
   2. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, named after the county.
   3. A village in Polk County, Nebraska.
   4. A village in Ashland County, Ohio.
   5. A borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
   6. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
   7. A town in Washington County, Wisconsin, named after President James K. Polk.
   8. A number of townships, listed under Polk Township.

Derived terms

• Polk County

Anagrams

• Kolp