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Far too much is given to crimes. A quick glance at historical records, make black on white crime and white on white crime, far higher, yet you have section after section of white on black crime.
White the statements are true, it presents a distorted picture of the county. If you want to include these, fine, but also balance it with equal or more crime examples that are abundantly available.
This is clealy an adjenda here with a one sided view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:C9B0:9010:2855:7D6A:1F0F:FEBA ( talk) 06:14, 16 February 2019 (UTC)
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The entry under "History" makes no sense. One sentence states that Polk County was named in honor of President James K. Polk. The very next sentence contradicts this by stating, "Though not necessarily the reason for Polk County's name, Polk was sworn in as president on the day after Florida's statehood."
This is a complete contradiction. Either Polk County is named after James Polk or it's not. Can someone determine the correct bit of history here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.73.75.198 ( talk) 18:10, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
no, actually thats not a contradiction at all. I took it to mean that the county was not named after polk Because of the date of Polk's inauguratio, though it was named after Polk. Michael1115 ( talk) 22:05, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
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This article is in much better condition than most of the Florida county articles, and if referenced, would qualify as a B. Horologium t- c 20:59, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
Surely this statement is out of date: "The housing market remains strong in Polk County, just as it does around the country." Anyone have updated information on this? - Nhprman 22:24, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
The list has descriptions of people, such as baseball MVPs, but doesn't include their names. Perhaps someone can add names. Jnmwiki ( talk) 15:50, 9 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm going to be doing some reconstruction on this page over the next few days to (hopefully) bring it near GA status. The guide I am going to be using is Warren County, Indiana a featured article. If anyone has any concerns or questions, feel free to leave me a message. Thanks. VictorianMutant( Talk) 12:55, 26 September 2011 (UTC)
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In the Demographics area you wrote "The racial makeup of the county was 79.58% White, 13.54% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.82% from other races, and 1.71% from two or more races. 9.49% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. In 2000 only 37% of county residents lived in incorporated metropolitan areas"
I asked that you remove the word "Black" and only have 'African American' because it's the same race. I notice that no other race has two description, other than the African American. Examples "White or European", "Indian or Native American".
Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.73.1.193 ( talk • contribs) 14:20, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
I understand the rationale in wanting to group Polk into the TBA. It has a closer association with Tampa than with Orlando. But it is still a unique metropolitan area which serves, and is served by, both Tampa and Orlando. Most importantly, the residents of Polk County do not identify with the TBA, nor do the residents of the TBA claim Polk county.
So if the residents don't make the association, and the government doesn't, then I think it's safe to discuss it as a distinct area. -- Diewelt ( talk) 22:57, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
the residents of Polk County do not identify with the TBA, nor do the residents of the TBA claim Polk county," but I think the answer depends on what part of the county you are in. I think most people in Lakeland would consider the city part of the Tampa Bay area, while people in Davenport, Four Corners, or Poinciana would consider their towns part of the Orlando metro area. The remainder of the county isn't really part of either metro area. Of course, the content of the article must be referenced to reliable sources, so stating that the county is part of the TB media market is about the only reliable fact to be said about this topic unless some reliable sources could be found supporting the entire county's inclusion in either metro area. AHeneen ( talk) 00:52, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
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I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Polk County, Florida's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.
Reference named "Census":
I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 07:49, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
I've uploaded a photo I took of the Polk County History Center to the "Polk County Historical and Genealogical Library" section. Eaddair ( talk) 15:43, 4 November 2023 (UTC)