Fun Facts:

·         Polk County became Florida's 39th county on February 8, 1861, when the State of Florida divided Hillsborough County into eastern and western halves.

·         Polk County is also known as Florida’s lake country with 554 lakes.

·         Polk County is “Central Florida’s food capital.”

·         Polk County is the largest County north of the Everglades.

·         Polk County is known as the phosphate, water skiing, citrus capital and bass fishing capital of the world.

·         Polk County is the center for sand mining and distribution.

·         Polk County consumes over 180 million gallons of water a day for agriculture purposes. (Central Florida Regional Indicators Report 2005, Pg 26)

Link to Polk County website. 

Link to Polk Vision website.