Polk Township, Ray County, Missouri
Polk Township is an inactive township in Ray County, in the U.S. state of Missouri and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.[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[]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Polk Township, Ray County, Missouri
- ^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 346.
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Coordinates: 39°28′09″N 94°08′17″W / 39.4692°N 94.1381°W
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