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Place Name
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Clay County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Piggott and Corning
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Population
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18,107 (1990)
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Location
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Arkansas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°22'N
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Longitude
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90°23'W
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Clay
, county (
641 sq mi/1,660 sq km; 1990 pop.
18,107), extreme NE Ark.;  Piggott and Corning; 36°22'N
90°23'W. Bordered N and E (St. Francis R.) by Mo. line, by Current R.
on part of W boundary; drained by Cache, Black, and Little Black
rivers. Agr. (cotton, rice, wheat, soybeans, corn, sorghum, cattle,
hogs). Mfg. at Piggott, Corning. Fish hatchery at Corning. Hardwood
timber. Part of Dave Donaldson-Black R. Wildlife Management Area in SW.
Crowley's Ridge intersects the co. Formed 1873.
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