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Place Name
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Churchill County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Fallon
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Population
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17,938 (1990)
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Location
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Nevada, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°36'N
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Longitude
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118°20'W
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Churchill
, county (
5,023 sq mi/13,010 sq km; 1990
pop. 17,938), W central Nev., in Great Basin;  Fallon; 39°36'N
118°20'W. Irrigated agr. area watered in W by Carson R. and
diversions from Truckee R.; forms Lahontan Reservoir on W border.
Alfalfa, cantaloupes, hay, vegetables; diatomite, salt, sand and
gravel, lime gypsum, silica sand. Carson Sink is in N. Clan Alpine Mts.
are in E. Stillwater Range is N center; part of W Humboldt, including
Humboldt Sink, on N border; part of Walker Indian Reservation in SW;
part of Lahontan State Recreation Area in W; Fallon Naval Air Station
SE of Fallon and 4 separate sects. in W. Formed 1861.
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