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Place Name
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Appanoose County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Centerville
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Population
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13,743 (1990)
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Location
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Iowa, United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°44'N
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Longitude
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92°52'W
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Appanoose
, county (
523 sq mi/1,355 sq km; 1990 pop.
13,743), S Iowa, on Mo. line;  Centerville; 40°44'N 92°52'W.
Prairie agr. region (sheep, hogs, cattle, poultry; corn, soybeans, hay)
and bituminous-coal-mining area drained by Chariton R.; limestone
quarries. Part of Stephens State Park in NE., Sharon Bluffs
State Park SE of Centerville. Rathbun Dam and Lake in NW. Henry Creek
State Park on N shore. Formed 1843.
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