THE POLK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau setting.
Polk township has 32.1 square miles of land in Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated High Allegheny Plateau, within North Central Appalachians.
Forest-covered plateau surfaces, high hills and low mountains are underlain by layered sedimentary rocks. Most of this region escaped continental glaciation, leaving deeply cut upland terrain.
Regional context: North Central Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Polk and Jefferson County
Polk is associated with Jefferson County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Polk by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within Polk, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.7% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Polk township has 1.2 times the land area of nearby Heath township (27.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

