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Place Name
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Castle Dale
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Place Status (Type)
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town
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Capital Of
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Emery County
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Population
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1,704 (1990)
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Location
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Emery County, Utah (UT), United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°13'N
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Longitude
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111°01'W
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Castle Dale
, town (1990 pop. 1,704),  Emery co., central
Utah, on Cottonwood Creek, which joins Ferron and Huntington creeks
5 mi/8 km E to form San Rafael R.,
30 mi/48 km SSW of Price; 39°13'N
111°01'W. Agr. area (alfalfa, cattle); elev.
5,771 ft/1,759 m. Coal mines in vicinity.
Deposits of radioactive ores nearby. Manti-La Sal Natl. Forest to W.
Settled 1880s.
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