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Polk Township, Ray County, Missouri

Coordinates: 39°28′09″N 94°08′17″W / 39.4692°N 94.1381°W / 39.4692; -94.1381
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Polk Township is an inactive township in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

Polk Township was founded in August, 1845, and named for James K. Polk, who had just then started his first term of presidency.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Polk Township, Ray County, Missouri
  2. ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 346.

39°28′09″N 94°08′17″W / 39.4692°N 94.1381°W / 39.4692; -94.1381

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