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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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Corning
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Population
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4,866 (1990)
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Location
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Iowa, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°01'N
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Longitude
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94°42'W
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Adams
, county (
425 sq mi/1,101 sq km; 1990 pop.
4,866), SW Iowa;  Corning; 41°01'N 94°42'W. Gently rolling
prairie, drained by Middle and East branches of the Nodaway R., the
Little Platte R., and One Hundred and Two R. Agr. (corn, hogs, cattle,
poultry). Bituminous-coal deposits, clay, sand and gravel pits,
limestone quarries. L. Icaria 4 mi/6.4 km N of
Corning. Formed 1851.
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