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Place Name
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Boone County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Boone
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Population
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25,186 (1990)
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Location
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Iowa, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°02'N
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Longitude
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93°55'W
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Boone
, county (
573 sq mi/1,484 sq km; 1990 pop.
25,186), central Iowa;  Boone; 42°02'N 93°55'W. Prairie agr.
area (hogs, cattle, poultry; corn, oats, soybeans) drained by Des
Moines R. and Beaver Creek; bituminous-coal deposits. Ski Valley Ski
Area SW of Boone. Holst State Forest in N; Ledges State Park and Iowa
Arboretum S of Boone. Widespread flooding in 1993. Formed 1846.
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