North Carolina information
GOVERNOR
Bev Perdue (D)
Office of the Governor
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301
Phone: 919-733-4240
Fax: 919-733-2120
www.governor.state.nc.us
US SENATORS
Richard Burr (R )
Asheville
Federal Building
151 Patton Avenue, Ste 204
Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-350-2437
Fax: 828-350-2439
Tom Apodaca (R)
1504 Fifth Avenue West
Hendersonville, NC 28739
828-696-0574
US HOUSE, DIST. 48
Trudi Walend (R )
US CONGRESSMAN, DIST. 11
Heath Shuler (D)
512 Cannon House Office Bldg
Washington , DC 20515
202-225-6401
828-252-1651
Polk County Board of Commissioners: Chairman, Ray Gasperson (D); Ted Owens (R); Tom Pack (R); Cindy Walker (D); Renee McDermott (D), meets 1st and 3rd Monday each month at 7 p.m. at the Courthouse, 828-894-3301.
Board is made up of five citizens elected at large. Every two years, three commission terms expire and new commissioners are elected. Duties include: setting policies and adopting ordinances for the county, representing the county citizens at higher levels of government, setting the property tax rate, and adopting a balanced budget using the tax money collected in the county.
Elected Officials: Polk County Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, and Board of Education. For more information, call 828-894-3301.
South Carolina information
GOVERNOR
Nikki Haley (R)
1205 Pendleton Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803-734-2100
US SENATORS
Lindsay O. Graham (R)
130 South Main Street, 7th Floor
Greenville, SC 29601
864-250-1417
Jim DeMint (R)
40 W. Broad St., Suite 320
Greenville, SC 29601
864-233-5366
US CONGRESSMAN, DIST. 4
Trey Gowdy (R)
101 W. St. John St.
Spartanburg, SC 29306
864-583-3264
SC SENATE DIST. 12
Lee Bright (R)
502 Gressette Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29201
864-587-1800
SC STATE REPRESENTATIVE, DIST. 38
Norman D. “Doug” Brannon (R)
404D Platt Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29201
864-573-0048
Local Government Agency Telephone Numbers
| Â Agency | Polk County | Landrum |
| Agriculture Agent | 828- 894-8218 | 864-814-2471 |
| Farm Service Agency | 1-800-215-6791 | 864-814-2471 |
| Board of Commissioners | 828-894-3301 | |
| Board of Education | 828-894-3051 | 864-468-4542 |
| Board of Elections | 828-894-8181 | 864-596-2549 |
| Building Inspector | 828-894-3739 | 864-596-2727 |
| Chamber of Commerce | 828-859-6236 | 828-859-6236 |
| Clerk of Superior Court | 828-894-8231 | |
| Communications Center | 828-894-0187 | 864-596-2076 |
| County Commissioners | 828-894-3301 | 864-596-2526 |
| County Manager | 828-894-3301 | 864-596-2526 |
| County Maintenance Shop | 828-894-5350 | |
| Dept. of Social Services | 828-859-5825 | 864-596-3001 |
| Animal Control | 828-894-3001 | 864-596-3582 |
| Emergency Services | 828-894-3067 | 864-596-2800 |
| Health Department | 828-894-8271 | 864-596-3337 |
| Home Economics Agent | 828-894-8218 | |
| Home Health Service | 828-894-8271 | |
| Jail Administration | 828-894-3001 | 864-596-2607 |
| Jail Inmate | 828-894-3615 | 864-596-2607 |
| Magistrate Office | 828-894-8119 | 864-457-7245 |
| Mental Health Services | 828-859-6661 | 864-879-1088 |
| Crisis Line 24-Hr Emergency Psychiatric Service | 828-859-6661 | |
| Polk County Travel and Tourism | 828-859-8300 | |
| Public Library | 828-894-8721 | 864-457-2218 |
| Recreation Department | 828-894-8199 | 864-457-4244 |
| Register of Deeds | 828-894-8450 | 864-596-2514 |
| School Bus Garage | 828-894-8700 | |
| School Maintenance Shop | 828-894-3154 | |
| Sheriff Dept. Office | 911 | 911 |
| Non-Emergency | 828-894-3001 | 864-596-2075 |
| Soil & Water Conservation District | 828-894-8550 | 864-457-3712 |
| Tax Collector | 828-894-8500 | 864-596-2544 |
| Transportation Authority | 828-894-8203 | 864-562-4287 |
| Veterans Service Officer | 828-859-5121 | 864-596-2553 |
