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County Listing:

Archive Listing:

Polk County Historical Association

Physical Address:
140 Commerce Street
Benton TN 37307

Mailing Address:
PO Box 636
Benton TN 37307

Phone#
(423) 338-4506

Fax#
n/a

Email Address:
presswood@comcast.net

Contact:
Marian Presswood (Historian and Archivist)

Website:
n/a

General Information

Active PRC	No
Internet Access	Yes
Wireless Access	Yes
Copier	Yes
Fax	No

Days & Hours

Mon	11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wed	11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fri	11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat	11:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Microfilm Records

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Physical Holdings

All Polk Census records in print, marriages in print, deaths from vital stats and cemetery inscriptions, all microfilm of extant county records (and reader) 1839 - 1977, one school record book called Return of the Children 1838, collection of artifacts in the Nancy Ward Room, dedicated to Cherokee Peacemaker, Nancy Ward.

Archives Notes

We are also the repository for his desk, chair, typewriter, framed awards, and other belongings of Tennessee poet and writer, and Polk County native, the late George Scarbrough, who was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.

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