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Place Name
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Dane County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Madison
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Population
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367,085 (1990)
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Location
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Wisconsin, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°04'N
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Longitude
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89°25'W
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Dane
, county (
1,238 sq mi/3,206 sq km; 1990
pop. 367,085), S Wis.;  Madison; 43°04'N 89°25'W. Bounded NW
by Wisconsin R; drained by Yahara and Sugar rivers and by Waterloo and
Koshkonong creeks. Urbanized at center around city of Madison (state
capital). Dairy-farming region; barley, oats, wheat, corn, soybeans,
peas, beans, alfalfa, hay; cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry); mfg. in
Madison, Sun Prairie, and Stoughton. Includes several large lakes,
notably the Four Lakes (Mendota, Monona, Waubesa, Kegonsa).
Blue Mound State Park on W boundary; W part of Glacial Drumlin State
Trail in E; eastern half of Military Ridge State Trail in SW; L.
Kegonsa State Park in SE; Governor Nelson State Park on N shore of L.
Mendota. Formed 1836.
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