Polk County, named for the James Knox Polk, the eleventh United States president, was created in 1856, with an estimated area of 441 sq mi. The county seat is in Osceola. It has a total population of around 5.4K with a racial makeup including White, Native American, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others with about 2.2K households and 1.5K families. The largest municipality is Stromsburg.

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