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Place Name
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Boyle County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Danville
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Population
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25,641 (1990)
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Location
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Kentucky, United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°37'N
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Longitude
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84°52'W
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Boyle
, county (
182 sq mi/471 sq km; 1990 pop.
25,641), central Ky.;  Danville; 37°37'N 84°52'W. Bounded E
by Dix R. (Herrington L. reservoir); drained by Salt, Beech Fork and
North Rolling Fork rivers. Gently rolling and partly hilly upland,
partly in outer Bluegrass agr. area (burley tobacco, hay, alfalfa,
soybeans, wheat, corn, berries; hogs, cattle, poultry; dairying) stone
quarries. Mfg. at Danville. Includes Perryville Natl. Cemetery and
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site in NW, near Perryville,
Danville Natl. Cemetery and Constitution Square Historic Site in E at
Danville. Formed 1842.
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