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