Editing Polk County, Florida (section)

==Communities==
[[Image:Polk county with background, Freeways.jpg|thumb|400px|Municipalities of Polk County]]
According to the 2010 Census, just under 38% of the population of the county lives in one of Polk's seventeen incorporated municipalities.<ref name="Polk's Population">{{cite news
| url = http://www.theledger.com/article/20110317/NEWS/110319792
| title = Census: Polk's Population Larger, More Diverse
| access-date = September 26, 2011
| newspaper = The Ledger
}}</ref> The largest city, [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]], has over 112,000 residents and is located in the western edge of the county. The other core city of the metropolitan area, [[Winter Haven, Florida|Winter Haven]], is located in the eastern part of the county and has 34,000 residents. The county seat, [[Bartow, Florida|Bartow]], is located southeast of Lakeland and southwest of Winter Haven and has over 17,000 residents. The cities of Bartow, Lakeland, and Winter Haven form a roughly [[equilateral triangle]] pointed downward with Bartow being the south point, Lakeland the west point, and Winter Haven the east point.<ref name="Publication 04-39-087">{{cite web
 |url         = http://fipr1.state.fl.us/fipr/fipr1.nsf/0/7bdd9643b1c47a2485256b2f00569595/$FILE/04-039-087Final.pdf
 |page        = 5
 |title       = Publication 04-39-087
 |access-date  = October 17, 2010
|publisher   = University of Florida
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110816102319/http://fipr1.state.fl.us/fipr/fipr1.nsf/0/7bdd9643b1c47a2485256b2f00569595/$FILE/04-039-087Final.pdf
 |archive-date = August 16, 2011
}}</ref><ref name="Map of Bartow, Lakeland, Winter Haven showing 'triangle'">{{cite web
| url = http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=Bartow,+Fl&place2=Orlando,+Fl
| title = Map of Bartow, Lakeland, Winter Haven showing 'triangle'
| access-date = October 17, 2010
}}</ref>

The other major cities in the county with a population over 10,000 include Haines City, Auburndale, and Lake Wales. Haines City is in the northeast part of the county and has over 20,000 residents. Auburndale is located northwest of Winter Haven and Lake Wales is around 16 miles east of Bartow.

===Cities===
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* [[Auburndale, Florida|Auburndale]]
* [[Bartow, Florida|Bartow]]
* [[Davenport, Florida|Davenport]]
* [[Eagle Lake, Florida|Eagle Lake]]
* [[Fort Meade, Florida|Fort Meade]]
* [[Frostproof, Florida|Frostproof]]
* [[Haines City, Florida|Haines City]]
* [[Lake Alfred, Florida|Lake Alfred]]
* [[Lakeland, Florida|Lakeland]]
* [[Lake Wales, Florida|Lake Wales]]
* [[Mulberry, Florida|Mulberry]]
* [[Polk City, Florida|Polk City]]
* [[Winter Haven, Florida|Winter Haven]]
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===Towns===
* [[Dundee, Florida|Dundee]]
* [[Hillcrest Heights, Florida|Hillcrest Heights]]
* [[Lake Hamilton, Florida|Lake Hamilton]]

===Village===
* [[Highland Park, Florida|Highland Park]]

===Census-designated places===
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* [[Alturas, Florida|Alturas]]
* [[Babson Park, Florida|Babson Park]]
* [[Bradley Junction, Florida|Bradley Junction]]
* [[Combee Settlement, Florida|Combee Settlement]]
* [[Crooked Lake Park, Florida|Crooked Lake Park]]
* [[Crystal Lake, Polk County, Florida|Crystal Lake]]
* [[Cypress Gardens, Florida|Cypress Gardens]]
* [[Four Corners, Florida|Four Corners]]
* [[Fuller Heights, Florida|Fuller Heights]]
* [[Fussels Corner, Florida|Fussels Corner]]
* [[Grenelefe, Florida|Grenelefe]]
* [[Highland City, Florida|Highland City]]
* [[Homeland, Florida|Homeland]]
* [[Inwood, Florida|Inwood]]
* [[Jan Phyl Village, Florida|Jan Phyl Village]]
* [[Kathleen, Florida|Kathleen]]
* [[Lakeland Highlands, Florida|Lakeland Highlands]]
* [[Loughman, Florida|Loughman]]
* [[Medulla, Florida|Medulla]]
* [[Poinciana, Florida|Poinciana]]
* [[Wahneta, Florida|Wahneta]]
* [[Waverly, Florida|Waverly]]
* [[Willow Oak, Florida|Willow Oak]]
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===Other unincorporated communities===
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* [[Acton, Florida|Acton]]
* [[Galloway, Florida|Galloway]]
* [[Gibsonia, Florida|Gibsonia]]
* [[Griffin, Florida|Griffin]]
* [[Lakeshore, Florida|Lakeshore]]
* [[Mountain Lake, Florida|Mountain Lake]]
* [[Nalcrest, Florida|Nalcrest]]
* [[Pittsburg, Florida|Pittsburg]]
* [[Winston, Florida|Winston]]
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