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Place Name
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Crow Wing County
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Pronunciation
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kro WING
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Brainerd
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Population
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44,249 (1990)
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Location
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Minnesota, United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°29'N
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Longitude
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94°04'W
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Crow Wing
(kro WING), county ( 1,156 sq ft/107
sq m; 1990 pop. 44,249), central Minn.;  Brainerd; 46°29'N
94°04'W. Drained by Mississippi R. and watered by numerous lakes.
Resort and agr. area (dairying; cattle, poultry; hay, alfalfa, oats,
wild rice). Iron mining in E, near Crosby. Crow Wing State Forest in N
center, Emily and part of Land O'Lakes state forests in NE; Crow Wing
State Park in SW; Mille Lacs L. on E boundary, in SE; part of Cuyuna
Iron Range in E, near Crosby. Formed 1857.
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