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Place Name
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Athens County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Athens
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Population
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59,549 (1990)
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Location
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Ohio, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°21'N
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Longitude
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82°03'W
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Athens
, county (
504 sq mi/1,305 sq km; 1990 pop.
59,549), SE Ohio;  Athens; 39°21'N 82°03'W. Bounded SE by
Ohio R., here forming W.Va. state line; intersected by Hocking R.,
small Shade R., and small Sunday and Federal creeks. In the Unglaciated
Plain physiographic region. Agr. (livestock; fruit, corn); mfg. at
Nelsonville and Athens (shoes, pens and mechanical pencils, paper
prods.); limestone quarries. Formed 1805.
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