Welcome to Polk County
North Carolina
USA

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!

Important phone numbers for Polk County, NC

    All Emergencies    911
EMS via Sheriff dispatch    911

For NON Emergency calls

Sheriff's Office    828.894.3001
Columbus Town Hall    828.894.8236
St. Luke's Hospital    828.894.3311
Tryon Police    828.859.9195
Tryon Fire    828.859.9335
Landrum SC Police    864.457.7281
Polk County Chamber    828.859.6236
 PC High School    828.894.2525
PC Mental Health Hot Line    828.859.6661
PC Travel & Tourism    828.859.8300
PC Transportation Authority    828.894.8203
PC American Red Cross  
WNC Road Conditions 877.368.4968

 

County Map by Jack Taylor

 


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

Research Pages
 

Special Events
Save the Rails - Saluda Grade
Tour Polk County, NC
History of Polk County
and the Towns
Equestrian Events
and other Information
Links to places of interest
Around Polk County, NC
The Adorable Wooly Worm
and he can forecast
the weather
The Thermal Belt and how it
works to keep our weather
so nice
Old
Ironsides

The Tall Sailing War Ship!
Historical Information
 by our local author

The USS Constitution
Lanier Library
Polk County Chapter
American Red Cross

 

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