Polk County was created in the year 1848 and sprawls over an area of 956 sq mi. More than 41K people with an excellent admixture of White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others reside in this county along with 16K households and 11K family units. Balsam Lake is selected as the county seat.

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