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Polk County, North Carolina
Polk County lies in North Carolina's Blue Ridge foothills along the South Carolina line, a small mountain county anchored by Columbus, the seat, and Tryon, its largest town. The Tryon International Equestrian Center has made the corridor the Southeast's densest equestrian market, and steep terrain with limited flat, buildable acreage keeps land prices high and large subdivisions scarce.
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Polk County at a glance
- 21,000Population (2025)
- ColumbusCounty seat
- 238 sq miLand area
- 88 / sq miDensity
- $68,000Median household income
- $315,000Median home value
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- City Boundaries: 3
- School Boundaries - Middle: 1
- School Boundaries - High: 1
- Congressional Districts: 2
- Soils: 82
- State House Districts: 3
- State Senate Districts: 1
- Development News: 3
Cities and towns in Polk County
Columbus, Saluda, Tryon.
Neighboring counties
- Rutherford County, NC · map
- Henderson County, NC · map
- Spartanburg County, SC · map
- Greenville County, SC · map