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==== Variant Spellings  ====
==== Variant Spellings  ====


==== Record Loss ====
==== Record Loss ====


== Places/Localities  ==
== Places/Localities  ==
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==== Populated Places  ====
==== Populated Places  ====


==== Neighboring Counties ====
==== Neighboring Counties ====


*[[Howard County, Arkansas|Howard]]  
*[[Howard County, Arkansas|Howard]]  
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===== Civil War  =====
===== Civil War  =====


*Men from this county served in the [[3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)|3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)]].<ref>Desmond Walls Allen, ''Third Arkansas Union Cavalry,'' (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research, c1987), p. 33-92. {{FHL|664007|item|disp=FHL book 976.7 M28dc}}</ref>  
*Men from this county served in the [[3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)|3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)]].<ref>Desmond Walls Allen, ''Third Arkansas Union Cavalry,'' (Conway, Arkansas: Arkansas Research, c1987), p. 33-92. {{FHL|664007|item|disp=FHL book 976.7 M28dc}}</ref>


==== Naturalization  ====
==== Naturalization  ====
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==== Vital Records  ====
==== Vital Records  ====


{{AR Vital Intro}}
{{AR Vital Intro}}  


===== Birth  =====
===== Birth  =====
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===== Death  =====
===== Death  =====


===== Vital Record Substitutes =====
===== Vital Record Substitutes =====


== Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==
== Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==
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==== Family History Centers  ====
==== Family History Centers  ====


*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]  
*[[Mena Arkansas Family History Center|Mena Arkansas Family History Center]]
**Mena, Arkansas
 
== Websites ==
 
*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
*{{FHL|Arkansas%2C+Polk|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/AR/Polk/ Polk County, Arkansas Genealogy and Family History] (Linkpendium)
 
== County Courthouse  ==
 
[http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/AR_Polk.htm Polk County Courthouse]<br>507 Church Avenue; <br>Mena, AR 71953<br>Phone: 501.394.8123 <br><br>County Clerk has marriage records from 1885, <br>probate records from 1900 and cemetery records; <br>Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, land and court&nbsp;<br>records from 1885 and military records<ref name="HB">''The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America'', 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 70.</ref>
 
== History  ==
 
==== Parent County  ====
 
*'''1844--'''Polk County was created 30 November 1844&nbsp;from [[Sevier County, Arkansas|Sevier]] County.&nbsp; '''County seat: '''Mena <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>
 
==== Boundary Changes  ====
 
See an interactive map of Polk County [http://www.n2genealogy.com/arkansas/ar-maps.html boundary changes].
 
==== Record Loss  ====
 
== Places/Localities  ==
 
==== Populated Places  ====
 
==== Neighboring Counties  ====
 
*[[Howard County, Arkansas|Howard]]
*[[LeFlore County, Oklahoma|LeFlore County, Oklahoma]]
*[[McCurtain County, Oklahoma|McCurtain County, Oklahoma]]
*[[Montgomery County, Arkansas|Montgomery]]
*[[Scott County, Arkansas|Scott]]
*[[Sevier County, Arkansas|Sevier]]
 
== Resources  ==
 
==== Cemeteries  ====
 
==== Church ====
 
{{AR Church Intro}}
 
==== Court  ====
 
==== Land ====
 
{{AR Land Intro}}
 
==== Local Histories ====
 
{{AR History Intro}}
 
==== Maps ====
 
*[http://www.historygeo.com/search/ Family Maps of {{PAGENAME}}] (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 
==== Military  ====
 
===== ''Civil War''<br>  =====
 
*Men from this county served in the [[3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)|3rd Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)]]<sup>1</sup>.<br>
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <sup>1</sup>Allen, Desmond Walls. ''The Third Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Union)''&nbsp; (Arkansas Research: Conway, Arkansas,1987).<br>
 
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==== Newspapers ====
 
{{AR Newspapers|Polk}}
 
==== Probate ====
 
{{AR Probate Intro}}
 
==== Taxation ====
 
{{AR Tax Intro}}
 
==== Vital Records  ====
 
{{AR Vital Intro}}
 
===== Marriage  =====
 
*'''1881-1952''' - Polk County Marriage Books A-W Index 1881-1952 in {{RecordSearch|1417439|Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="hc">FamilySearch Wiki contributors, "[[Arkansas_County_Marriages_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)|Arkansas County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]," in ''FamilySearch Wiki,'' accessed 18 April 2013.</ref>
*'''1881-1923''' - Polk County Marriage Books A-N Index 1881-1923 in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index] at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/d/d7/Arkansasnz.pdf.</ref>
 
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== Societies and Libraries  ==
 
==== Family History Centers<br>  ====
 
*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Introduction to Family History Centers ]]<br>
*[[Mena Arkansas Family History Center|Mena Arkansas Family History Center]]  
*[[Mena Arkansas Family History Center|Mena Arkansas Family History Center]]  
**Mena, Arkansas
**Mena, Arkansas


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== Websites ==
 
== Web Sites ==


*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.  
*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.  
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