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Place Name
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Caroline County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Denton
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Population
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27,035 (1990)
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Location
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Maryland, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°52'N
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Longitude
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75°50'W
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Caroline
, county (
326 sq mi/844 sq km; 1990 pop.
27,035), E Md.;  Denton; 38°52'N 75°50'W. On the Eastern
Shore; bounded E by Del. state line, W by Choptank R. and Tuckahoe
Creek. Agr. area (produce, esp. tomatoes; fruit, dairy prods., corn,
soybeans, barley, poultry; livestock), with some timber (hardwoods,
evergreens); vegetable canneries, poultry-dressing plants; mfg. paper
prods. Formed 1774, the town took its name from Caroline Eden, the wife
of Sir Robert Eden, the last royal governor of Maryland.
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