Polk County State Historical Marker

Located at the Polk County Courthouse, Cedartown, Ga.

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POLK COUNTY

 

Created December 20, 1851 and named for President James Knox Polk, Cedartown is fittingly named for the trees which flourish in this beautiful valley. The city is a railroad center, has a thriving textile industry, and a large paper mill.

 

Rockmart, thirteen miles to the east, has textile mills that give the area much employment and a large payroll, and as well is the center of portland cement production.

 

115-1A GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1953

 

© Carl Vinson Institute of Government, The University of Georgia

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