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Place Name
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Box Elder County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Brigham City
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Population
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36,485 (1990)
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Location
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Utah, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°30'N
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Longitude
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113°05'W
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Box Elder
, county (
6,729 sq mi/17,428 sq km; 1990
pop. 36,485), NW Utah;  Brigham City; 41°30'N 113°05'W. Agr.
area bordering on Nev. (W) and Idaho (N). Great Salt L. (SE) is entered
by Bear R. Great Salt L. Desert is in SW. Mfg. at Brigham City; sugar
beets, peaches, cherries, wheat, barley, alfalfa; cattle, sheep; salt,
magnesium. N part of Newfoundland Evaporation Basin (receives flood
overflow from Great Salt L. to E) in SW; most of N ½
of Great Salt L. in SE part of co. W 90% of co., nearly uninhabited.
Willard Bay State Park in SE, on Great Salt L.; Golden Spike Natl.
Historical Site in E center, N of Great Salt L. Part of Hill Air Force
Base Firing Range in S; small part of Caribou Natl. Forest in NE
corner. Formed 1856.
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