Polk County

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Data and Statistics
Date Formed	11/30/1844	Land Area	860
Named for	James K. Polk	County Seat	Mena
Persons per square mile	23.5	Homeownership Rate	78.4%
Persons per household	2.49	2000 Census Population	20,229
Some of the communities that are listed here are known locally by the people of the area; however, many no longer have a town sign recognizing that the area existed as a community. We have linked to pages of the communities that are recognized today with the standard green and white town sign. Click on the HyperLinks to access more information about our area communities listed below.
Towns and Cities and Populated Places
Location	Zip	Location	Zip
Polk County, Arkansas History-1844		Hatton	71937
Townships of Polk County		Ink	71953
Mena County Seat - 1896		Mountain Fork	71953
Acorn	71953	Opal	71953
Alder Springs	71953	Nunley	71953
Board Camp	71932	Potter & New Potter	71953
Big Fork	71953	Rich Mountain	71953
Cove	71937	Rocky	71953
Cherry Hill	71953	Shady	71953
Dallas	71953	Shady Grove	71953
Eagleton	71953	Vandervoort	71972
Grannis	71944	Wickes	71973
Hatfield	71945	Yocanna	71953
Many times you'll hear references made to these communities and historical communities in the list to follow.
Name	Local Area	Name	Local Area
Antioch		McCauley	Vandervoort
Bethel Chapel	Vandervoort	Midway
Bog Springs	Bogg Springs	Nichols
Buffalo (H)	Cove	Old Cove	Vandervoort
Bulger		Pine Grove	Board Camp
Center Point	Rich Mountain	Pleasant Hill	Cove
Clayton Spur (H)	Cove	Pleasant Grove
Corinth	Mena	Posey Hollow	Y-City
Fogel	Mountain Fork	Quito
Foran Gap		Roff (H)	Bogg Springs
Gann (H)	Potter	Rust
Hartley	Baker Springs	Rye Hill	Midway
Highland	Buck Knob	Towry
Holly Grove	Gillham	Two Mile (H)	Potter
Howard	Mountain Fork	West Valley	Zafra
Lone Valley	Vandervoort	West View
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Post Offices servicing local area of Polk County Arkansas
Office	Location	Phone Number	E-mail
Board Camp	71932	479-394-0902
Cove	71937	870-387-2430
Grannis	71944	870-385-2312
Hatfield	71945	870-389-6151
Vandervoort	71972	870-387-2535
Wickes	71973	870-385-2381
Mena	79153	501-394-2884
Basic Tax Levy Latest Year - Per $1,000 Assessed Value
Tax on Unimproved Real Property
To qualify for agricultural usage of land, the tract must be in excess of 10 acres of land; otherwise, the tract is valued at a residential lot rate.
Assessing of Real Property
The Polk County Tax Assessor's Office is required to assess Real Property every 5 years or at the time of sale of the Real Property.
County Wide Millage Rates:
Tax Unit	School District	Ctiy	Millage
01	Cove School Rural	Rural	47.10
01CO	Cove School, City of Cove	Cove	48.70
01VA	Cove School, City of Vandervoort	Vandervoort	48.90
17	DeQueen School	Rural	34.50
22	Hatfield School, Rural	Rural	38.20
22HA	Hatfield School, Hatfield	Hatfield	40
23	Mena School, Rural	Rural	36.20
23HA	Mena School, Hatfield	Hatfield	38
23MS	Mena School, City of Mena	Mena	38.20
30	Ouachita River School, Rural	Rural	38.50
30MS	Ouachita River School, Acorn	Mena	40.50
79	Wickes School, Rural	Rural	46.40
79GR	Wickes School, Grannis	Grannis	49.40
79WI	Wickes School, Wickes	Wickes	48.20
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