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Place Name
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Ashe County
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Pronunciation
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ASH
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Jefferson
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Population
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22,209 (1990)
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Location
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North Carolina, United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°25'N
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Longitude
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81°30'W
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Ashe
(ASH), county (
426 sq mi/1,103 sq km; 1990 pop.
22,209), NW N.C.;  Jefferson; 36°25'N 81°30'W. In
the Blue Ridge Mts.; bounded N by Va. state line, W by Tenn. state line
and by Cherokee Natl. Forest. Drained by North Fork and South Fork of
New R. Agr. area (tobacco, corn, hay; cattle, dairying). Mfg. at West
Jefferson; timber, granite quarrying. Blue Ridge (Natl.)
Parkway roughly parallels SE boundary. New River and Mt.
Jefferson state parks in SE center. Formed 1799.
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