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# Polk County, Iowa (U.S.)

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Last modified: 2026-07-04 by rick wyatt
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image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 3 May 2026

- The flag
- Fire department flag
- Seal
- Logo

- indicates flag is known.
- indicates it is reported that there is no known flag.

Municipal flags in Polk County:

- Altoona
- Ankeny
- Bondurant
- Carlisle
- Clive
- Des Moines
- Grimes
- Pleasant Hill
- Urbandale
- West Des Moines
- Windsor Heights

See also:

- County and Municipal flags of Iowa
- Iowa
- United States of America

## The flag

Polk County now uses a logo flag showing a green and black logo on a white field.
The logo appears to have been adopted in approximately May 2020, per the Wayback Machine.
Dave Fowler, 3 May 2026

The earliest image date I found for the logo is March 23, 2020. But the county seems to have started using the current version, which adds "Leading the Way", around September 2025 and regularly since January 2026 (see the YouTube video series). The motto "Leading the Way" was already used on a 2008 logo.

Jean-Marc Merklin, 3 May 2026

## Previous flag

image by Ethan Dubrow, 12 July 2024
based on photo provided by Kelli Ann Hartmann, 1 August 2007

I used to live near Des Moines, Iowa, and I recalled seeing the county flag on display at what was then called (early 2000s) the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. After some searching around, I did find a smallish image of the flag.
On a white field, two horizontal and parallel horn-shaped devices, flared at the hoist, blue over orange, with the area between the horns in yellow. I do not have any idea what the symbolism is, and suspect it is a design from the 1970s or so.
Dave Fowler, 11 July 2014

## Fire department flag

image located by Valentin Poposki, 16 December 2011

## Seal

image located by Paul Bassinson, 20 January 2018

Image source: whotv.com
Paul Bassinson, 20 January 2018

## Logo

image located by Ethan Dubrow, 12 July 2024

Image source: https://cdn.polkcountyiowa.gov/media/polkcounty/pc-logo-color.svg