Polk Township, Ray County, Missouri

Polk Township is a township in Ray County, Missouri, USA.

History

Polk Township was founded in August, 1845. It was named for James K. Polk, who had just then started his first term of presidency.^[1]

↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 346.

Municipalities and communities of Ray County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Richmond

Cities	Camden Crystal Lakes Excelsior Springs‡ Fleming Hardin Henrietta Lawson‡ Orrick Richmond Wood Heights

Villages	Elmira Excelsior Estates‡ Homestead

Townships	Camden Crooked River Fishing River Grape Grove Knoxville Orrick Polk Richmond

CDP	Rayville

Other unincorporated communities	Albany Dockery Elkhorn Floyd Georgeville Knoxville Lakeview Millville Morton New Garden Regal Rockingham Russellville Sandals St. Cloud Stet‡ Swanwick Taitsville Tinney Grove Vibbard

Ghost town	Ovid

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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