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Place Name
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Columbia County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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St. Helens
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Population
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37,557 (1990)
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Location
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Oregon, United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°57'N
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Longitude
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123°04'W
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Columbia
, county (
688 sq mi/1,782 sq km; 1990 pop.
37,557), NW Oregon;  St. Helens; 45°57'N 123°04'W. Located
in Coast Range region. Columbia R. forms N and E boundary (Wash.
state). Mfg. at St. Helens. Agr. (fruit, berries, corn, wheat, oats;
poultry, sheep, cattle); dairy prods.; timber; salmon. Trojan Nuclear
Power Plant in NE at Prescott on Columbia R. has been shut down. Small
parts of Clatsop State Forest in NW, SW, and center. Formed 1854.
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