Polk County, FL

History

The first people to call Polk County home arrived close to 12,000 years ago during the last ice age as the first paleo-indians arrived on the peninsula of Florida as they followed big game southward.
Polk County became Florida's 39th county on February 8, 1861, when the State of Florida divided Hillsborough County into eastern and western halves. The eastern half was named Polk, in honor of the 11th President of the United States, James Knox Polk. Polk was sworn in as president on the day after Florida's March 3, 1845 statehood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polk_County,_Florida

Modern Day Adjacent Counties

Lake County, Florida - north
Orange County, Florida - northeast
Osceola County, Florida - east
Okeechobee County, Florida - southeast
Highlands County, Florida - southeast
Hardee County, Florida - south
Manatee County, Florida - southwest
Hillsborough County, Florida - west
Sumter County, Florida - northwest
Pasco County, Florida - northwest

Gleanings from

• US Federal Census - Polk Co., FL
  • 1900 Census - Polk Co., FL
    • Atlas Montezuma Reeves
    • James Edward Reeves
  • 1910 Census - Polk Co., FL
    • James Edward Reeves
  • 1930 Census - Polk Co., FL
    • Houston Atlas Reeves