Polk County, Iowa (U.S.)

Last modified: 2024-08-03 by rick wyatt
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image by Ethan Dubrow, 12 July 2024
based on photo provided by Kelli Ann Hartmann, 1 August 2007

• The flag
• Fire department flag
• Seal
• Logo

- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in Polk County:

• Altoona
• Ankeny
• Bondurant
• Carlisle
• Clive
• Des Moines
• Grimes
• Pleasant Hill
• Urbandale
• West Des Moines
• Windsor Heights

See also:

• County and Municipal flags of Iowa
• Iowa
• United States of America

The flag

I used to live near Des Moines, Iowa, and I recalled seeing the county flag on display at what was then called (early 2000s) the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. After some searching around, I did find a smallish image of the flag.

On a white field, two horizontal and parallel horn-shaped devices, flared at the hoist, blue over orange, with the area between the horns in yellow. I do not have any idea what the symbolism is, and suspect it is a design from the 1970s or so.
Dave Fowler, 11 July 2014

Fire department flag

image located by Valentin Poposki, 16 December 2011

Seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 20 January 2018

Image source: whotv.com
Paul Bassinson, 20 January 2018

Logo

image located by Ethan Dubrow, 12 July 2024

Image source: https://cdn.polkcountyiowa.gov/media/polkcounty/pc-logo-color.svg