Details for Polk County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507016074
Data
| Marker Number | 16074 |
| Atlas Number | 5507016074 |
| Marker Title | Polk County |
| Index Entry | Polk County |
| Address | 101 W. Mill Street |
| City | Livingston |
| County | Polk |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 314854 |
| UTM Northing | 3399071 |
| Subject Codes | |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | In front of Polk County Judicial Center, in flower bed. [note: Swartout also spelled Swartwout] |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | Polk County, created from Liberty County March 30, 1846, organized July 13, 1846 with Livingston as county seat. Named for James Knox Polk, 1795-1849, President of the United States who favored the annexation of Texas. Early settlements were Drew's Landing, Mariana, Swartout. On 1,280 acres granted by the state in 1854, the descendants of the Alabama Indians still live. |