Polkville North Carolina Map
Polkville, North Carolina — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Polkville, Cleveland County.
Interactive Map of Polkville, North Carolina
| City | Polkville |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Cleveland |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 35.417628 |
| Longitude | -81.642872 |
| Population | 536 |
| Density | 112.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Polkville, North Carolina
Polkville is a locality in Cleveland County, North Carolina, United States. It is a small community with a population of 536. The population density is 112.3 people per km². Polkville is located at 35.4176°N, 81.6429°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 28136.
Polkville unfurls across a landscape of rolling hills and fertile bottoms, a place where the Appalachian foothills begin their gentle descent into the Piedmont. It lies 27.6 miles south-west of Hickory, NC (from Hickory, NC: bearing 218°T), and is situated 8.9 miles north-east of Ellenboro. The air here, especially in the hushed hours of late afternoon, carries the damp, earthy scent of ripening corn and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle clinging to weathered fence posts. Oak and pine trees stand sentinel along the winding roads, their branches reaching towards a sky that can shift from a brilliant, washed-out blue to the bruised purples and golds of an approaching storm with startling speed. The terrain itself seems to hold a quiet resolve, the land yielding enough for cultivation but always hinting at the more rugged country that lies not too far to the west. The roots of Polkville run deep, intertwined with the agrarian spirit that has long defined this corner of Cleveland County. For generations, the land has been worked, yielding crops that formed the backbone of the local economy, a tradition that still echoes in the occasional small farmstead still visible amidst the more modern developments. While larger industries have ebbed and flowed through the region, the resilience of Polkville has always been tied to the earth and the enduring character of its people, a quiet industriousness that doesn't shout but simply *is*, like the steady, purposeful flow of Jacob's Creek carving its path through the surrounding countryside.
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About This Polkville Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Polkville, North Carolina with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Polkville and Cleveland County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Polkville is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Polkville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
