From the Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1876-77, by R. L. Polk & Co.

POLK STATION.

A settlement of 75 people on the Paducah & Memphis Railroad in the central part of Obion County, 3 ^1/2 miles from Troy, the county seat, and 160 west of Nashville. It has a grist mill, 2 saw mills and a common school. Lumber, corn, wheat and cotton are leading shipments. Mail daily. A. C. Anderson, postmaster.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

ANDERSON, A. C. – general store.
KIMBERLIN & PARROTT – grist and saw mill.
MITCHELL, D. W. – saw mill.
POLK, James – station agent.