Churches in Polk County
Polk County, Texas has 111 churches in the Churches List directory, 2 of them verified and 10 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 98 congregations and 17,092 adherents across 22 religious bodies in the county. That is 341 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 50,125 people.
Religious bodies in Polk County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Baptist Convention | 18 | 5,231 | 104.4 |
| Catholic Church | 2 | 2,572 | 51.3 |
| National Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc. | 9 | 2,492 | 49.7 |
| United Methodist Church | 7 | 1,891 | 37.7 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 11 | 1,410 | 28.1 |
| Assemblies of God | 7 | 1,079 | 21.5 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 3 | 738 | 14.7 |
| Churches of Christ | 7 | 439 | 8.8 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 2 | 224 | 4.5 |
| Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) | 2 | 210 | 4.2 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 1 | 206 | 4.1 |
| American Baptist Association | 1 | 150 | 3.0 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (50,125). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Notable churches in Polk County
First Church Livingston
Services are Sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. and Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
Bethel Baptist Church
Beech Creek Assembly of God
Beacon Bay Baptist Church
Onalaska First Baptist Church
Pine Forest Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church
Corrigan Seventh Day Adventist Church
№ 10
Church on the Rock Livingston
First United Methodist Church
Godtel Ministries
Cities and towns in Polk County
Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (49) · Non-Denominational (15) · Church of Christ (8) · United Methodist (7) · Assemblies of God (5) · Catholic (3) · Church of God (3) · Methodist (3) · Pentecostal (3) · Community (3)
Researching ancestors from Polk County?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Texas counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Polk County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Polk County
FEMA has issued 30 disaster declarations covering Polk County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2024. The most frequent cause: hurricane (9 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Polk County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.