The Following is a list of the Sheriff's of Polk County.

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Sheriff's Office History

1844 - 1848 ---- B. F. Pope

1848 - 1850 ---- J. Pollock

1850 - 1852 ---- J. S. Winton

1852 - 1854 ---- John Lewis

1854 - 1856 ---- J. S. Winton

1856 - 1860 ---- A.D. Flinn

1860 - 1864 ---- J.W. Earp

1864 - 1868 ---- D. M. Baird

1868 -1872 ---- A. D. Flinn

1872 - 1874 ---- G. R. Miller

1874 - 1880 ---- J. R. Lane

1880 - 1884 ---- J. L. Pipkins

1884 - 1890 ---- J. M. Hopkins

1890 - 1894 ---- Frank Pearson

1894 - 1898 ---- D. B. Joplin

1898 - 1900 ---- J. L. Pipkins

1900 - 1902 ---- R. W. Johnson

1902 - 1906 ---- D. B. Joplin

1906 -1910 ---- J. A. Cunningham

1910 - 1914 ---- J. A. Thorton

1914 - 1919 ---- H. W. Finger

1919 - 1923 ---- J. A. Thornton

1923 - 1925 ---- J. M. Looney

1925 - 1928 ---- G. F. Bickel

1929 - 1932 ---- John E. Joplin

1933 - 1940 ---- Walter E. Jones

1941 - 1947 ---- Robt. Hunter

1947 - 1950 ---- Gerald Johnson

1951 - 1960 ---- Hobert Hensley

1961 - 1964 ---- Bruce Scoggin

1965 - 1968 ---- Hobert Hensley

1969 - 1970 ---- Orval Walker

1971 - 1974 ---- Herman Callahan

1975 - 1986 ---- A. L. Hadaway

1987 - 1988 ---- Fred Neblick

1988 - through the present ---- Mike Oglesby

Appointed Sheriff's

In 1900 R.W. Johnson was appointed after the death of J. L. Pipkin

In 1960 Roy Frachiseur was appointed after the resignation of Hobert Hensley

In 1970 Roy Frachiseur was appointed after the resignation of Orval Walker

In 1986 Earl Westbrook was appointed after the resignation of Al Hadaway