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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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Butler
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Population
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152,013 (1990)
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Location
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Pennsylvania, United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°54'N
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Longitude
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79°54'W
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Butler
, county (
794 sq mi/2,056 sq km; 1990 pop.
152,013), W Pa.;  Butler; 40°54'N 79°54'W. SE and NE corners
touch Allegheny R; drained by Connoquenessing and Slippery Rock creeks.
Mfg. at Butler and Zelienople. Agr. (corn, wheat, oat, hay, alfalfa,
potatoes, apples; sheep, hogs, cattle; dairying); bituminous coal,
limestone; L. Arthur reservoir (on Muddy Creek), in Moraine State Park,
in W. Formed 1800.
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