Hi, my name is Pam
Rathbone and I am your Polk County, Tennessee Host.
We're looking for folks
who share our desire to put data online and are interested in
helping this project be as successful as we can make it.
If you are interested joining our group as County Host for this
website, or any of our websites, view our
Volunteer Information page
and Email Kim.
A desire to transcribe data and know-how to make a
basic webpage is required.
In the meantime, we'd
be very happy to accept any data you'd care to contribute and would
like to see displayed on this site. We're looking for "raw data" -
the birth/death/marriage records, obituaries, cemetery headstone
readings, biographies, county histories, census data, pensions and
other military data. In short, we'd like to display all the items
you used to put together your family tree (rather than the tree
itself).
Email your transcribed data to us
and we'll take care of putting it online.
Polk
County was founded November 28, 1839.It was taken off
Bradley and McMinn, and named in honor of
James Knox Polk.
It is bounded on the north by
McMinn and Monroe, on the east by North Carolina, on the
south by Georgia, and on the west by Bradley County. The
greater part of Polk County is mountainous, and unfit
for agricultural purposes. There are copper mines found
in this county. They were developed many years ago, and
have been worked with success. They are known as the
"Ducktown mines." They are situated about forty miles
from Cleveland. The mines are about two miles from the
Ocoee River, in the midst of hills, surrounded by high
mountains in the distance. The principal ranges of these
mountains lie between the copper mines and Benton, and
traverse the county in a northeasterly and southwesterly
direction, occupying, perhaps, more than half its area. Communities in Polk
County include
Benton,
Copperhill,
Delano,
Ducktown,
Ocoee, and
Turtletown
,with Benton being the town seat.
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Burra Burra Mine Historic
District
TN 68 and Burra St., Ducktown
Buzzard's Roost Historic District
School House Rd. and 211 and 215 TN 68, Ducktown
Center & Abernathy Store
Building
Also known as Basin Pryde Restaurant
23--33 Ocoee St., Copperhill
Central Headframe
TN 68 S of jct. with US 64/74, Ducktown
Copeland House
Also known as Winston Cloud House
Cookson Creek Rd., Parksville
Copperhill Historic
District
Roughly bounded by Hill, Prospect, Main and Riverview Sts.,
Copperhill
Ducktown Historic District
Roughly bounded by TN 68 and alley 2 blocks NW of Main St., Ducktown
Isabella Managers' Row
Ducktown--Isabella Rd. N of US 64, Isabella
Isabella Mine Historic
District
Along the Ducktown--Isabella Rd., W side, Isabella
Kimsey Junior College
Also known as Ducktown Elementary School
244 TN 68, Ducktown
Newtown Historic District
Third Sts., Copperhill
Ocoee Hydroelectric Plant No. 2
Also known as Ocoee Number Two;Number Two
U.S. 64, Ocoee
Ocoee No. 1 Hydroelectric
Station
Also known as Parksville Dam
Jct. of US 64 and Ocoee R., Parksville
Polk County Courthouse
Bounded by US 411 and Ward, Commerce and Main Sts., Benton
Reliance Historic
District
Roughly bounded by New Reliance and Power House Rds., TN 30, and
the Hiwassee River, Reliance
Ward, Nancy, Tomb
S of Benton on U.S. 411, Benton
Wiggins, William, House
Also known as Nuchols,Dr. J.D.,House;Drug Store
Jct. of Main and Ward Sts., NE corner, Benton
Nancy Ward Grave
04/30/09
Court Records
Photo Gallery
Caney Creek
Bandy
Reunion
July 12, 2009 @1pm Bandy reunion,
everyone that is related to
Thomas J. Bandy from Shoal Creek, NC
or Polk County, TN, please try to attend and bring
someone with you. We are trying to piece together as
much information about this family as possible
Location:
Jean Calhoun/ across from New Hope Holiness Church
245 Harris Road
Murphy NC
Call-828-494-4813 if you need directions
Bring a covered dish and any old documents or photos
that you might have.
