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    Polk County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,433. The county seat is Dallas. The county...
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    Dallas is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,854 at the 2020 census. Dallas is along Rickreall Creek...
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    well as all of Polk, Lincoln, and Tillamook counties. It gained all of Linn County and the most populated portions of Deschutes County. It is the most...
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    historic districts in Oregon that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in all of Oregon's 36 counties. The National Register...
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    Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood of West Salem is in Polk County. Salem was founded in 1842, became the capital of the Oregon Territory...
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    long, it begins and ends in Lincoln County but also flows briefly through western Polk and southern Tillamook counties. Much of its course lies within the...
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    company town in Polk County, Oregon, United States, west of Falls City in the Central Oregon Coast Range. It no longer exists. Oregon Geographic Names...
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    Bethel is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It sits at the base of the Eola Hills in Plum Valley. Bethel is considered...
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    Monmouth (/ˈmɒnməθ/) is a city in Polk County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was named for Monmouth, Illinois, the origin of its earliest settlers. The...
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    unincorporated community in Polk and Yamhill counties, Oregon, United States. Historically noted as a village in Polk County, the sphere of influence and...
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  • Crowley is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is located east of Oregon Route 99W, about four miles north of Rickreall...
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    Independence is a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States, on the west bank of the Willamette River along Oregon Route 51, and east of nearby Monmouth...
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    Willamina is a city in Polk and Yamhill Counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. The population was 2,239 at the 2020 census. The Yamhill County portion of Willamina...
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    following counties, from south to north, lie within the valley: Douglas, Lane, Linn, Benton, Polk, Marion, Yamhill, and Washington Counties. Sometimes...
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    the Oregon State Senate comprises all of Lincoln County on the central Oregon Coast, as well as parts of Benton, Coos, Douglas, and Lane counties. It...
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    the Oregon State Senate comprises parts of Yamhill and Polk counties centered around Dallas, McMinnville, and Newberg. It is composed of Oregon House...
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    Falls City is a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical...
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    Rickreall (/ˈrɪkriɔːl/ RIK-ree-awl) is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. For statistical purposes, the United States Census...
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  • Subsequent names included Oregon State Normal School, Oregon College of Education, and Western Oregon State College. Western Oregon University incorporates...
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    Valley Highway No. 191 (see Oregon highways and routes) and is 31 miles (50 km) long. It lies in Benton and Polk counties. OR 223 begins at an intersection...
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    unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. Bridgeport is 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Dallas and just west of Oregon Route 223. "Bridgeport"...
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  • Thumbnail for Ash Creek (Polk County, Oregon)
    Ash Creek is a short stream in Polk County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Formed by the merger of its north and middle forks near Monmouth, it flows generally...
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    Salem, Oregon, United States, located in the far northwest part of the city. West Salem is the only part of the city that is located in Polk County. The...
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    Polk County, Oregon. A short trail loop operated by the wildlife refuge leads to an observation deck on the summit. Eola Hills "Mount Baldy, Oregon"...
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    Eola is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It lies four miles west of Salem on Oregon Route 22 at the confluence of Rickreall...
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    James Nesmith (category People from Polk County, Oregon)
    children. In 1847, he was elected to the Provisional Legislature of Oregon from Polk County, and served briefly in the 1848 session before resigning. Nesmith...
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    the Oregon Territory, and the Mexican Cession after winning the Mexican–American War. After building a successful law practice in Tennessee, Polk was...
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    The Oregon Coast Range, often called simply the Coast Range and sometimes the Pacific Coast Range, is a mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic...
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    Chemeketa Community College (category Education in Polk County, Oregon)
    that covers 2,600 square miles (6,700 km2) in Marion, Polk, most of Yamhill, and part of Linn counties. Chemeketa's history can be traced to 1952, when the...
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