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Place Name
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Butler County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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HAMILTON, 39°27'
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Population
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291,479 (1990)
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Location
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Ohio, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°27'N
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Longitude
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84°34'W
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Butler
, county ( 471 sq mi/1,220 sq km; 1990 pop. 291,479), extreme SW Ohio;  Hamilton, 39°27'N 84°34'W. Bounded W by Ind. state line; intersected by Great Miami R. and its small tributaries. Includes site of Fort Hamilton. In the Till
Plains physiographic region. Agr. area (cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry;
dairy prods.; corn); mfg. at Hamilton and Middletown (millwork,
furniture, paper prods., plastic prods., construction materials,
electronic equip.; electric furnaces and steel mills); limestone
quarries. Formed 1803.
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