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Place Name
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Chickasaw County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Houston and Okolona
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Population
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18,085 (1990)
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Location
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Mississippi, United States, North America
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Latitude
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33°55'N
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Longitude
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88°57'W
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Chickasaw
, county (
504 sq mi/1,305 sq km; 1990 pop.
18,085), NE central Miss.;  Houston and Okolona; 33°55'N
88°57'W. Drained by Yalobusha R. and Chookatonchee Creek. Agr.
(cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat; cattle; dairying). Timber; clay
deposits. Mfg. at Okolona, Houston, and New Houlka (upholstered
furniture major industry in all 3 towns). Natchez Trace (Natl.) Parkway
passes N-S through center of co.; part of Tombigbee Natl. Forest in N.
Formed 1836.
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