• Thumbnail for Polk County, North Carolina
    Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,328. Its county seat is Columbus. The...
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  • Polk County, North Carolina, named after Col. William Polk who fought in the American Revolutionary War (first cousin once-removed of James K. Polk)...
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  • Thumbnail for Columbus, North Carolina
    Columbus is a town and the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 999 at the 2010 census. The Green River Plantation...
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    Rutherford County is a county in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,444. Its county seat...
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  • Thumbnail for Tryon, North Carolina
    Tryon is a town in Polk County, on the southwestern border of North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,562. Located...
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    important state highways, although it is less so in North Carolina.[citation needed] NC 9 begins in Polk County south of the Green Creek community. NC 9 is co-signed...
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  • Thumbnail for Saluda, North Carolina
    Saluda is a city in Polk and Henderson counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 713 at the 2010 census. Saluda is famous for sitting...
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  • community in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. Mill Spring is located at the junction of North Carolina Highway 9 and North Carolina Highway 108...
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  • Thumbnail for Thomas Polk
    served in the North Carolina House of Commons, North Carolina Provincial Congress, and Council of State. Polk commanded the 4th North Carolina Regiment in...
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  • Thumbnail for Interstate 26 in North Carolina
    in North Carolina and Tennessee, the route goes nearly north–south, with the northern direction labeled "West" and vice versa. Within Madison County, I-26...
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  • Thumbnail for Polk County Courthouse (North Carolina)
    Polk County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built in 1859 and is a two-story, T-shaped, Greek...
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  • Thumbnail for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
    Mecklenburg County (/ˈmɛklənˌbɜːrɡ/) is a county located in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of North Carolina, in the United States. As of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Henderson County, North Carolina
    Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,281. Its county seat is Hendersonville...
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  • Thumbnail for Stone Hedge (Polk County, North Carolina)
    Stone Hedge is a historic estate at 222 Stone Hedge Lane in Polk County, North Carolina, north of Tryon. The main house is a two-story structure, built primarily...
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  • Thumbnail for Green River (North Carolina)
    Green River is a dam-release river that flows through the mountains of North Carolina, south of Asheville. The Green has numerous tributaries, but much of...
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  • Thumbnail for List of counties in North Carolina
    state of North Carolina is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina ranks 28th in size by area, but has the seventh-highest number of counties in the country...
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  • Tryon County is a former county which was located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It was formed in 1768 from the part of Mecklenburg County west of...
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  • Thumbnail for U.S. Route 74
    Official North Carolina name of US 74 between I-26 and NC 9, in Polk County (approved: March 3, 2000). G R Kindley Freeway – Official North Carolina name...
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  • Maine Pea Ridge, Missouri Pea Ridge, North Carolina, in Washington County Pea Ridge, Polk County, North Carolina Pea Ridge, West Virginia This disambiguation...
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    Saluda Grade (category Rail infrastructure in North Carolina)
    Norfolk Southern Railway as part of its W Line, Saluda Grade in Polk County, North Carolina, gained 606 feet (185 m) in elevation in fewer than three miles...
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    Narrows of the Green (category Landforms of Polk County, North Carolina)
    River in Henderson County and Polk County, between the Big Hungry Creek confluence and the Fishtop access area, in western North Carolina, United States....
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  • Thumbnail for Western North Carolina
    Four— Buncombe, Davie, Henderson, and Polk— were designated "competitive." Most Western North Carolina counties were designated "transitional," meaning...
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    Buncombe County Cherokee County Clay County Graham County Haywood County Henderson County Jackson County Macon County Madison County McDowell County Polk County...
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  • Thumbnail for James K. Polk
    In January 1816, Polk was admitted into the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a second-semester sophomore. The Polk family had connections...
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  • Thumbnail for Pineville, North Carolina
    /ˈpaɪnvəl/) is a suburban town in the southernmost portion of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States. Part of the Charlotte metropolitan area, it is situated...
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  • Thumbnail for Anson County, North Carolina
    Anson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,055. Its county seat is Wadesboro. Anson...
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  • Thumbnail for Dallas, North Carolina
    Dallas is a town in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, and a suburb of Charlotte, located north of Gastonia. The population was 4,488 at the...
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  • Since 2023, the district has covered all of Henderson counties, Polk, and Rutherford counties. The district overlaps with the 111th, 113th, and 117th...
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  • Thumbnail for Interstate 26
    Charleston, South Carolina. The portion from Mars Hill, North Carolina, east (compass south) to I-240 in Asheville, North Carolina, has signs indicating...
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  • Thumbnail for President James K. Polk Historic Site
    K. Polk Historic Site is a museum and historic location in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and a historic site managed by the North Carolina Department...
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