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Place Name
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Blackfoot
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Bingham County
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Population
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9,646 (1990)
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Location
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Bingham County, Idaho (ID), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°11'N
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Longitude
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112°20'W
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Blackfoot
, city (1990 pop. 9,646),  Bingham co., SE
Idaho, on Blackfoot R. at its confluence with the Snake R.,
22 mi/35 km N of Pocatello; 43°11'N
112°20'W. Elev. 4,508 ft/1,374 m. RR
junction in irrigated agr. area (sugar beets, potatoes, grain); mfg.
(foods, fertilizers, apparel, farm equip., concrete). Eastern Idaho
Fair takes place here annually; World Potato Exposition. Fort Hill
Indian Reservation to E and S. Originally called Grove City. Founded
1878, inc. 1907.
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