Amid a growing desire for self-governance, settlers from Socrum, Fort Fraser and Fort Meade took to the polls in 1860 and elected state representatives sympathetic to dividing portions of Hillsborough and Brevard County into a new political subdivision.
On Jan. 17, 1861, State Representative Joseph Howell submitted legislation to create, from Hillsborough and Brevard County, a new jurisdiction named Polk.
The measure passed the House on Jan. 3 and the Senate on Feb. 8, 1861.
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