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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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Burlington
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Population
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57,589 (1990)
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Location
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Kentucky, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°58'N
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Longitude
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84°43'W
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Boone
, county (
256 sq mi/663 sq km; 1990 pop.
57,589), N Ky.;  Burlington; 38°58'N 84°43'W. Bounded N and
W by Ohio R., forms Ohio (N) and Ind. (W) state lines; drained by
Gunpowder Creek. Gently rolling agr. area (burley tobacco, corn,
soybeans, alfalfa, hay; cattle, poultry; dairying) in N part of
Bluegrass region; mfg. at Florence, Burlington, and Hebron. NE part of
co. is within urbanized area of Cincinnati (Ohio), to NE.
Cincinnati-Northern Ky. Internatl. Airport in NE corner. Big Bone Lick
State Park in S; Bullock Pen L. reservoir in S (on Ten Mile Creek).
Formed 1798.
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