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Place Name
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Anderson County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Lawrenceburg, 38°00'
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Population
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14,571 (1990)
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Location
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Kentucky, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°00'N
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Longitude
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84°58'W
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Anderson
, county (
204 sq mi/528 sq km; 1990 pop.
14,571), central Ky.;  Lawrenceburg, 38°00'N 84°58'W.
Bounded E by Kentucky R., SW by Beech Fork; drained by Salt R. (enters
upper end of Taylorsville L. reservoir in W end of co.). Gently rolling
upland agr. area (burley tobacco; poultry, hogs, horses, cattle; hay,
alfalfa, corn) in Bluegrass region. Mfg. at Lawrenceburg; stone
quarrying. Beaver L. reservoir in center. Formed 1827.
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