Polk County, North Carolina

Rev. Joshua D. Jones House is a historic home located at Mill Spring, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built in 1897, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame I-house with a two-story rear ell. A kitchen addition was built in 1925. It features a shed-roofed porch covering three-fourths of the lower facade. Also on the property is the contributing one-room, frame store building and well. It was the home of African-American community leader Rev. Joshua D. Jones of the Stony Knoll community. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

Mill Spring is an unincorporated community in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. Mill Spring is located at the junction of North Carolina Highway 9 and North Carolina Highway 108 3.7 miles (6.0 km) northeast of Columbus, North Carolina. Mill Spring has a post office with ZIP code 28756. Mill Spring is named after Colonel Ambrose Mills. He founded a saw mill and post office in the community. Mill Spring was the hometown of Bryant H. Womack, recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions during the Korean War. The Rev. Joshua D. Jones House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The Tryon International Equestrian Center, in Mill Spring, was the location of the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games.

J. G. Hughes House, also known as Fieldstone, is a historic home located at Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built in 1896, and is a two-story, four-bay, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It has a cross gable roof, is sheathed in weatherboard, and rests on a stone foundation. It features a wrapround porch with sawn brackets and a cutaway bay window. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

The Battle of Round Mountain took place on June 1, 1776, near modern-day Columbus, North Carolina, pitting the Cherokee against Patriot militia forces that received some assistance from the Catawba.

Polk County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located in Columbus, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built in 1859 and is a two-story, T-shaped, Greek Revival-style brick building. The front facade features an engaged, three-bay portico with a plain pediment supported by four square pillars. Atop the roof is a three-stage cupola. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Columbus is a town and the county seat of Polk County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,060 at the 2020 census.

Shunkawauken Falls is a 150 ft (46 m) waterfall located in Polk County, near Columbus, North Carolina. The falls are fed by a pond a few metres upstream. It is a local attraction, although it is located on private property. According to local lore, a Native American chief named Shunkawauken lived in this area in the 1800s. The falls, previously named Horse Creek Falls, were renamed in his memory in 1891.

St. Luke's Hospital, Inc. (doing business as AdventHealth Polk) is a non-profit hospital in Columbus, North Carolina managed by AdventHealth. It is designated a critical access hospital.

WTPT (93.3 FM) is a mainstream rock station licensed to Forest City, North Carolina, and serving the Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina regions, including Greenville, South Carolina, and Asheville, North Carolina. The Audacy, Inc. outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast with an ERP of 93 kW. The station goes by the name 93.3 The Planet Rocks and is the home station of the nationally syndicated The Rise Guys Morning Show with Matthew "Mattman" Harris, Jeremy "Fat Boy" Ellenburg, and Paige Pirtle-Loskoski. The station broadcasts from near Columbus, North Carolina, with studios in Greenville, South Carolina. However, it is licensed to Forest City, North Carolina.

Tryon Foothills is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) located in Polk County within Inner Piedmont region, commonly referred to as the "foothills" of the Blue Ridge Mountains, on the southwestern border of North Carolina. It was established as the nation's 277th and the state's seventh wine appellation on September 29, 2025 by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by Cory J. Lillberg, vineyard manager of Parker–Binns Vineyard, on behalf of the vineyard and winery operators of Polk County, proposing a viticultural area known as "Tryon Foothills." The viticultural area, named after the embedded town of Tryon, North Carolina, encompasses about 176 square miles (113,000 acres) with five vineyards cultivating approximately 77.70 planted acres (31 ha) spread throughout the appellation and four wineries within the AVA. According to the petition, the distinguishing features of the Tryon Foothills are its topography and climate.

Lake Adger is a mountain lake in Polk County, North Carolina, north of Tryon and south of Lake Lure, North Carolina.

Lynn is an unincorporated community in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. Lynn is located on North Carolina Highway 108 2.7 miles (4.3 km) southwest of Columbus. Lynn has a post office with ZIP code 28750. Its incorporation was repealed in 1965.