Welcome to Polk
County
North Carolina
USA
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Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains
in Western North Carolina
Our Towns and wide spots!
Columbus, Tryon, Mill
Spring, Green Creek, Sandy Plains, Sandy Springs,
Sunny View, Rock Springs, Pea Ridge, Lynn, Saluda, and our neighbor - Landrum, South Carolina.
We have breath taking site seeing with many vista in the mountains to see from, Bicycle Touring, White Water Canoeing, Hiking, Horse Back Riding, Nature Trails, Many Water Falls and Nature Gardens plus lots of Antique and Craft shops to visit.
There are whole host of other activities available as well - such as Horse Shows, Steeplechase, The BBQ State Championship, The Fabulous 4th 100K Bicycle Tour, The Assaults Bicycle Challenge, Coon Dog Day 5K Race, and this is a really great place to live!
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Special Research Page Listing on Polk County. These page links are on line most of the time but since they belong to government and other websites, they may be off line at times |
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Special Events |
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Save the Rails - Saluda Grade |
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Tour Polk County, NC |
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History
of Polk County and the Towns |
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Equestrian
Events and other Information |
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Links
to places of interest Around Polk County, NC |
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The
Adorable Wooly Worm and he can forecast the weather |
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The
Thermal Belt and how it works to keep our weather so nice |
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Old Ironsides The Tall Sailing War Ship! Historical Information by our local author The USS Constitution |
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Lanier Library |
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Polk County Chapter American Red Cross |