Polk Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Polk Township is a township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 6,533 at the 2000 census.GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 31.4 square miles (81.4 km2), of which, 31.0 square miles (80.4 km2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km2) of it (1.30%) is water. It is drained by the Pohopoco Creek westward into the Lehigh River. Pohopoco Mountain forms its natural northern boundary. Its villages include Dottersville, Gilbert (also in Chestnuthill Township), Jonas, and Kresgeville.Neighboring municipalitiesTunkhannock Township (tangent to the northeast)Chestnuthill Township (east)Ross Township (tangent to the southeast)Eldred Township (south)Towamensing Township, Carbon County (west)Penn Forest Township, Carbon County (northwest and north)