Polk County Municipality Organizational Dates
Municipality Organizational Dates
Municipality Date Organized
Town of St. Croix Falls 11-9-1852
Town of Osceola, (Leroy) 11-9-1852
Town of Sterling, (Moscow) 1855
Town of Alden 1857
Town of Farmington 1858
Town of Lincoln 1860
(Records lost in 1863.
5-18-1863 County Board passed a resolution
legalizing organization of above towns.)
 
Town of Black Brook 6-24-1867
Town of Luck 11-9-1869
Town of Milltown 12-20-1869
Town of Balsam Lake 12-20-1869
Town of Lorain 11-14-1872
Town of Eureka 12-16-1873
Town of Laketown 5-20-1874
Town of West Sweden 11-15-1875
Town of Clayton 11-18-1875
Town of Apple River 6-22-1876
Town of Clam Falls 11-14-1876
Town of Clear Lake 6-20-1877
Town of Georgetown 11-14-1878
Town of Beaver 11-11-1885
Town of Garfield 1-20-1886
Town of Bone Lake 11-16-1888
Town of Johnstown 11-15-1889
Town of McKinley 11-10-1897
   
Village of Osceola 08-10-1887
Village of St. Croix Falls 1888
Village of Amery 1891
Village of Clear Lake 1894
Village of Frederic 1903
Village of Centuria 1904
Village of Balsam Lake 1905
Village of Luck 1905
Village of Clayton 1909
Village of Milltown 1910
Village of Dresser 1919
   
City of Amery 1919
City of Saint Croix Falls 1958

The above information was taken from the Polk County Centennial Official Directory 1853-1953 compiled by E.E. Husband, Balsam Lake, WI.

 

 

 


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