Resources

Schools

Elementary - Highland City Elementary
Middle - Bartow Middle; Union Academy Magnet, Bartow
High - Bartow High School

Utilities

Water -          Polk County Utilities     

                      Repairs: (863) 534-7351
                      Main: (863) 298-4100
                     After Hours: (863) 534-5836

Lakeland Electric -  City of Lakeland - Electric
                                Electric Outage 834-9535
                                Street Lighting Repair 834-6789

Phone

Phone - Verizon - Repair 800-483-4000

Emergencies and Sheriff

Sheriff - Non-emergency - 534-0344
Emergency - 911 (Sheriff, Fire, Ambulance)
Animal Control - (863) 577 - 1762

County Offices & Other Useful Contacts

Property Appraiser
http://www.polkpa.org

Board of County Commisioners - Polk County
http://www.polk-county.net

Property Taxes and Assessments - Polk County
http://www.polktaxes.com/homepage/propertytaxes.asp

Polk County Code Enforcement
(863) 534-6054

Polk County Road Maintenance
(863) 535-2200, (863) 815-6701

Polk County large item pickup - furniture, etc. will be picked up only on the 1st Friday of each month.  You must call in your address to 863-284-4319 prior to the first Friday, All items to be picked up should be out at the curb by 6AM.