Tarkowo Dolne [tarˈkɔvɔ ˈdɔlnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Wieś Wielka, within Bydgoszcz County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
The census of the Bydgoszcz region from 1833 states that in the village of Tarkowskie Holendry (German: Tarkower Haulander), 115 people (all Evangelicals) lived in 18 houses.
The geographical dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland for 1884 states that Tarkowskie Olędry (German: Tarkowo Hauland, then Kol.
During the Great Poland Uprising (1919), Polish insurgent troops were stationed in Tarków Dolny, Krążków, Pałczyna and Dąbrówka Kujawska.
Attempts to approach Bydgoszcz were unsuccessful, despite temporary successes, including mastering of Nowa Wieś Wielka and Brzoza.
After the war, the murdered Poles from the villages of Dziemionna, Jakubowo, Januszkowo, Krążkowo, Prądocin and Tarkowo were buried after the exhumation at the cemetery in Lisewo Kościelny, where in 1965 a monument was erected for them.
In 1947, in discussions about the new administrative division, the village's representatives were in favor of leaving them within the territorial boundaries of the Złotniki Kujawskie commune, which was motivated by economic and transport connections.
In 1955, a common room was opened in Tarków Dolny, and from 1964, members of the Union of Rural Youth ran a library point in the village.