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Place Name
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Adams County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Quincy
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Population
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66,090 (1990)
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Location
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Illinois, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°59'N
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Longitude
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91°11'W
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Adams
, county
( 871 sq mi/2,256 sq km;
1990 pop. 66,090), W Ill.;  Quincy; 39°59'N 91°11'W. Bounded
W by the Mississippi; drained by Bear and McKee creeks. Agr. area
(hogs, cattle, corn, wheat, soybeans, barley, sorghum; dairy prods.),
with diversified mfg. (Quincy). Limestone quarries. Formed 1825. Part
of Siloam Springs State Park in SE.
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