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Polk Township is an inactive township in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.

History

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

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. pp. 346.

v t e 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
CDPs	Rayville Vibbard
Other communities	Albany Dockery Elkhorn Floyd Georgeville Knoxville Lakeview Millville Morton New Garden Regal Rockingham Russellville Sandals St. Cloud Stet‡ Swanwick Taitsville Tinney Grove
Ghost town	Ovid
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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39°28′09″N 94°08′17″W / 39.4692°N 94.1381°W / 39.4692; -94.1381

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