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Place Name
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Beaverhead County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Dillon
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Population
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8,424 (1990)
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Location
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Montana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°07'N
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Longitude
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112°54'W
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Beaverhead
, county (
5,572 sq mi/14,431 sq km; 1990
pop. 8,424), SW Mont.;  Dillon; 45°07'N 112°54'W. Mt. region
bounded by Idaho and Continental Divide on W and S. Crossed by Big Hole
(forms part of N boundary), Beaverhead, and Red Rock rivers. Talc
mining; sheep, cattle; alfalfa, hay, barley, potatoes. Upper and Lower
Red Rock lakes formed by Red Rock R., in Red Rock L. Natl. Wildlife
Refuge in SE, a trumpeter swan nesting area. Maverick Mt. ski area in N
center; Bannack State Park in center; Beaverhead Rock State Park on NE
boundary; sections of Beaverhead Natl. Forest and Bitterroot Range in
W; widely scattered section of Beaverhead Natl. Forest in W, N, S, and
SE, including part of Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness Area in extreme NW.
Big Hole Natl. Battlefield-Nez Perce Natl. Historic Park in NW
near Wisdom. Formed 1865.
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