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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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Columbia
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Population
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112,379 (1990)
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Location
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Missouri, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°59'N
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Longitude
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92°18'W
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Boone
, county (
683 sq mi/1769 sq km; 1990 pop.
112,379), central Mo., borders Missouri R. in SW;  Columbia;
38°59'N 92°18'W. Corn, wheat, soybeans, hay; pumpkins; cattle,
sheep; lumber; limestone; mfg. at Columbia and Centralia. Main campus
Univ. of Mo. at Columbia. Rock Bridge State Park S of Columbia; Finger
Lakes State Park (reclaimed strip mine) N of Columbia. Parts of Mark
Twain Natl. Forest in SE. Flooding occured in S part of co. in 1993,
esp. around Hartsburg. Formed 1820.
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