Townships of Polk County
Rich Mountain
Freedom*
Eagle Gap
Cedar
Eagle
Potter
Center*
Mountain
Ouachita
Mill Creek
Fulton*
Big Fork
Gap Faulkner
Cove White*
Ozark Sulphur Springs* (now in Howard Co.)
*These were the only townships listed in the 1850 Census
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Most areas in Polk County were known by the community name or school name. These areas were usually named for a person who settled the area, was the community leader, or was a teacher. Listed below are the names of the towns, community, and school names known to be used since Polk County was first inhabited. There were 93 school districts in the county at one time.
Acorn (Gourd Neck)
Alder Springs
Antioch
Baker (Baker Springs)
Big Fork
Bog Springs
Board Camp (Silver Center)
Bowman Spur Brushy
Bulger
Brushy Shiloah
Bend
Bunch
Cedar
Center
Center Point
Clayton Spur
Corinth
Crystal Hill
Cross Mountain
Dallas (Panther)
Eagleton
Concord
Central (in Mena)
Cherry Hill (Egger)
Elm Springs
Eureka
Foran Gap (Quito)
Gann
Grannis
Happy Hill
Hartley
Hatfield
Hatton
Heath Valley
Hickory Grove
Hickory Ridge
Highland
Hillard
Holly Grove
Holly Springs
Howard
Independence
Ink
Liberty
Lone Valley
Marble Hill
Mena
Midway
Mill Creek
Moore
Mountain Fork
Mt. View
Mt. Pleasant
New Bethel
McCauley
New Hope
Nichols
Nunley
Oak Ridge
Oak Hill
Old Cove
Old Potter
Oliver
Opal
Overturf
Ozark
Ouachita
Pine Grove
Pine Hill
Piney Grove
Pleasant Hill
Posey Hollow
Potter (Rust)
Quito (Foran Gap)
Ransom
Rust
Rich Mountain
Rocky (Camp Ground)
Shady
Shady Grove
Shady Point
Six Mile
Sunflower
Springdale
Thruman
Towery
Two Mile
Thacker
Vandervoort (Janssen)(Cubanola)
Welcome Home
Womac Spur
Union Grove
West Valley
Youcana
West View
Wickes
Southside(in Mena)