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W elcome to Polk County, MO Polk County Courthouse, Bolivar, Missouri All photos on this site as well as the other data is copyright material. We are having a problem. This is one solution. Please do not use the information from this site in any form , on another web site, not Find A Grave or any other. We are trying to provide our visitors with "free" help and love doing that. So please help us to help you. Polk County Topics of Interest Polk Co. Message (Query) Board Early Settlers Marriage Records Polk County Surnames Civil War Vets Buried in Polk Co. Confederate Pension Applications-Polk Co. Photos Polk Co. Today Updated-19 Aug ’06 Published Resources and Lookup Volunteers MO Death Certificate Database Print images, 19101961 Family Group Sheets Project Check out the Polk Co. FGS’s Polk Co. Land Patents 1831 - 1969 Obituary Submission Form Newest Obituaries Posted Polk County Historical Society 1870 & 1900 Polk Co. Census Images Polk County Genealogical Society The Ozarks Genealogical Society, Inc. Unknown Can U help? Polk County Photo Album Another Polk County Album Updated-19 Aug ’06 1926,FairPlay 8th Grade Graduation Index to Polk County History, 1876 5th Missouri Infantry The William Ruyle Diary Topography and Migration Patterns Bible Records Biographies & Obituaries Gideon H. Higginbotham , 1845 thru the Civil War Matilda Polk Campbell Chapter of the DAR Cemetery Photo’s History ~=~=~=~=~ Letters & More Find A Grave Area Reunions ~=~=~=~=~=~ Libraries Missouri Digital Map Library . Historic Sites of Interest Civil War Soldier buried at Dunnegan Cemetery. Archived Queries Research Helps Bibliography Databases ~=~=~=~=~ Early Press Polk Co. Archives Births & Stillbirths Missouri MOGenWeb Project Links ~=~=~=~ Cemeteries in Polk Co. According to the 2010 census, Polk County has a population of 31,017 residents My goal is to keep this page updated and to continue to add new features as I receive them. All that I have or know of general research material is and will be posted on these pages. I hope you find these pages helpful. If you have information you want to share, I would love to hear from you. This site relies on YOUR contributions... Send to: Kay Griffin Snow All work and material on this site has been donated, and placed here for your research as a free service by volunteers. If you have reached this site through a link for which you paid for the service, the fee you pay does not support this web site. You may return to this site through the USGenWeb, MOGenWeb, Polk County Missouri and continue to research for free. Links to external web sites are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement or approval of any of the products, services or opinions contained in any external web site. Polk County Research Helps Polk County now has its own mail list! To subscribe send a message to MOPOLK-request@rootsweb.com please turn off your signature, leave the "subject line" blank and place one word in the message:subscribeWe have wonderful look up helpers, follow the link to Published Resources and Lookup Volunteers. Polk County Topo graphy and Migration The Ozark Plateau is the states largest land region. Forested Hills and low mountains give it scenic beauty. The plateau rises 500 to 1,00 feet or more above sea level. The river valleys are about the only flat land in the Ozark Region. The plateau is one of the nation’s major tourist areas because of it’s many caves, large springs and lakes, and clear fast-flowing streams. The Springfield Plateau makes up much of the Ozark Plateau. Polk County sits on the Springfield Plateau. The Pomme De Terre River runs through the center of Polk County, with the South End of The Pomme De Terre Lake at the top of the county. 1903 Polk County Plat Book Online- Courtesy of Judy Reustle 1930 Missouri Counties Plat Book Online - published by W.W. Hickson, and Co. in 1930 and held in the Special Collections Department of Ellis Library at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Township of Polk County Map Towns (then and now) according to Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1889. Aldrich, in Madison Twp.; Bolivar, the county seat is located at the county’s geographical center; Brighton, located in Looney Twp. abt. 12 miles E of Bolivar; Cliquot (note the L), Dunnegan (Dunnegan Springs), Campbell Twp.; Eudora, Fair Play, in N part of Madison Twp. abt 10 miles W of Bolivar; Flemington, Goodnight, Mooney Twp. 16 miles from Bolivar; Goodson, Graydon (Graydon Springs) Jackson Twp.; Halfway, Benton Twp. abt 12 miles E of Bolivar; Humansville, in Johnson Twp. abt 17 miles NW of Bolivar, named in honor of James Human; Huron, Morrisville, Looney Twp. 10 miles S of Bolivar, founded in 1870 by Morris Mitchell; Orleans , in Jackson Twp. abt. 12 miles SW of Bolivar;Read the story Pleasant Hope, Mooney Twp. is in the SE corner of the county, abt. 14 miles from Bolivar; Polktown (Polk post office) located in Greene Twp. abt. 12 miles NE of Bolivar; Rondo, in Jefferson Twp. abt. 12 miles NE of Bolivar; Sentinel Prairie, in Greene Twp. abt. 13 miles NE of Bolivar; Shady Grove, Madison Twp. abt. 12 miles SW of Bolivar; Sharon was located in Jackson Twp. near the southern county line, the post office was known as Gulf; Slagle, north part of Looney Twp. abt. 5 1/2 miles from Bolivar; Wishart, (Frisco post office). The Polk County Genealogical Society Visit their website. Please use your browser’s BACK button to return to Polk Co., MOGenWeb Polk County Courthouse 102 E. Broadway Bolivar, MO 65613 417-326-4031 Clerk Circuit Court, Room 14 Recorder of Deeds, Room 8 Bolivar, (417) 326-4924 or 326-4912. Clerk County Commission, Polk County Courthouse, Room 11, Bolivar, (417) 326-4031. For a list of available records either print or microfilm, see Bibliography (Near Top of this page). Funeral Homes PITTS FUNERAL HOME INC 316 E Broadway St. Bolivar, 65613-1626 417-326-5211 BUTLER FUNERAL HOME 407 E Broadway St. Bolivar, 65613-2018 417-326-5233 MURRAY FUNERAL HOMES 911 W. Broadway St., Bolivar, 65613,(417) 326-7900 220 N. Bolivar Rd, Humansville. 65674,(417) 754-2215 Polk County Libraries The Polk County Library (formerly called Southwest Regional Library) has two facilities. Humansville and Bolivar. Each is located in the central part of their respective towns. The Bolivar facility has a wide variety of genealogical materials. All of the newspapers listed here are available on microfilm. (These are copies of extant newspapers). The mailing address is 1690 W. Broadway (West Hwy 32), Bolivar, MO 65613 Phone: 417.326.4531 They do not do genealogy research.....Closed Sunday; Hours: 9-6 M-W-F; Evening Hours 9-9 on T-T; 9-4 Sat. The Humansville branch of the Library has a collection of Obituaries from Humansville and Bolivar papers for the past 12 years. Ask for a surname search by using interlibrary loan request or write the library sending SASE with request. The Southwest Baptist University Library is open to the public. Though it should be noted that the SBU Library has very little if any historical and genealogy related material. The North Ward Museum operated and maintained by the Historical Society is open May through September. The archive room houses many early county court records. The museum is closed for the winter months, remember they open again in May..... When the museum is open the hours are; 1 - 4 pm Mon. through Sat. The phone number is: 417-326-6850. The Historical Society of Polk County: PO Box 423, Bolivar MO 65613. Books for Sale by the Historical Society of Polk County The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell , Springfield MO, The third floor, Shepard Room, is genealogy and local history. Not a library but will add for good measure: The courthouse has never burned so all records are available except what neglect and time have damaged and those that have been given to the Historical society.. It is open M-F, 8 - 5. State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia is the preeminent...