Polk County is a county in Texas, United States, in the Piney Woods region roughly 75 miles north of Houston. It had a population of 50,123 at the 2020 census and covers 1,109 square miles (2,872 km2) centred near 30°47′N 94°51′W.<\/p>\n
Livingston is the county seat, and its postal code is 77351. The county has 5 incorporated cities and towns plus a number of unincorporated communities and census-designated places, all on Central time. Its FIPS code is 48373.<\/p>\n
Polk County has five incorporated municipalities and dozens of unincorporated communities and lake subdivisions, several of them built up around Lake Livingston. “CDP” below marks a Census Bureau-recognised community with no city government; “Unincorp.” marks a place, crossroads or subdivision with neither.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | 5,335<\/td>\n | 77351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Onalaska<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 3,352<\/td>\n | 77360<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Corrigan<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | 1,653<\/td>\n | 75144<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Goodrich<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 77335<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Leggett<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 77350<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West Livingston<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 77351 (shared)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Indian Springs<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Big Thicket Lake Estates<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Seven Oaks<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Segno<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ace<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Barnum<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bering<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blanchard<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bold Springs<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Camden<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cedar Point<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Colita<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dallardsville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Holly Grove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hortense<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kiam<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Moscow<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| New Willard<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oak Shade<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pluck<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Providence<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Swartout<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tigerville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n A handful of names from older lists — Asia, Barnes, Camp Ruby, Camp Seale, Carmona, East Tempe, Israel, Lamont, Lily Island, Marston, Moore Hill, New Camp Ruby, New Hope, Ollie, Patonia, Pleasant Hill, Schwab City, Skinner Town, Snow Hill, Tobacco Patch, Wakefield, Walda and West Tempe — are faded rail-era or timber-camp place names that no longer function as distinct communities and are omitted here; see notes.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the county’s smaller unincorporated communities share a Livingston, Onalaska or Corrigan ZIP rather than carrying their own code.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nPolk County sits in the East Texas Piney Woods, its landscape a mix of pine and hardwood forest, sandy uplands and the broad Lake Livingston shoreline. The Trinity River forms much of the county’s western edge, and its impoundment as Lake Livingston in 1969 created one of the largest lakes wholly within Texas, a major water supply for the Houston area and the county’s main recreation draw.<\/p>\n Polk County borders Angelina County<\/a> to the north, Tyler County<\/a> to the east, Hardin County<\/a> to the southeast, Liberty County<\/a> to the south, San Jacinto County<\/a> to the southwest, Trinity County<\/a> to the west, and Walker County<\/a> to the northwest.<\/p>\n Polk County had 50,123 residents at the 2020 census, spread over roughly 1,056 square miles of land for a density of about 47 people per square mile. Livingston and Onalaska are the two largest communities. Median household income in the county runs below the Texas median of $75,780, reflecting the county’s rural, timber- and retirement-driven economy.<\/p>\n Timber and forest products remain a core industry in Polk County, alongside county and local government, retail and services centred on Livingston along US 59\/I-69. Lake Livingston drives a substantial tourism and second-home economy, with marinas, RV parks and lake subdivisions ringing its shoreline. The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, headquartered on its reservation near Livingston, operates the Naskila Gaming facility, a significant local employer.<\/p>\n Polk County was created in 1846 and named for James K. Polk, then serving as U.S. president. Its original county seat, Springfield, sat on the Trinity River but was inundated when Lake Livingston was impounded in 1969, forcing relocation of what the flooding left of the town; Livingston, platted decades earlier, had already become the seat. The Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, established in Polk and neighboring Tyler County in the 1850s, is the oldest continuously occupied Native American reservation in Texas; the Alabama-Coushatta had been pushed west from their ancestral lands in the Southeast in the early nineteenth century.<\/p>\n US Highway 59\/Interstate 69 runs north–south through Livingston, and US 190 crosses the county east–west.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston.<\/p>\n Where is Polk County, Texas?<\/strong> What is the population of Polk County?<\/strong> How big is Polk County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Polk County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Polk County?<\/strong> |