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Place Name
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Boyd County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Catlettsburg
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Population
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51,150 (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°21'N
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Longitude
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82°41'W
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Boyd
, county (
161 sq mi/417 sq km; 1990 pop.
51,150), NE Ky.;  Catlettsburg; 38°21'N 82°41'W. Bounded NE
by the Ohio R. (Ohio state line), E by Big Sandy R. (W.Va. state line);
drained by East Fork Little Sandy R. Hilly industrial and mineral
region, partially urbanized in N part of co., continuation of
Huntington (W.Va.) urban area to E. Mfg. in Ashland and Cablettsburg.
Bituminous-coal mines, oil and gas wells, clay pits, limestone and
sandstone quarries, iron deposits; hardwood timber tracts; some agr.
(burley tobacco, hay, alfalfa; cattle). Formed 1860.
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