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Place Name
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Davis County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Bloomfield
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Population
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8,312 (1990)
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Location
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Iowa, United States, North America
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Latitude
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40°45'N
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Longitude
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92°24'W
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Davis
, county (
504 sq mi/1,305 sq km; 1990 pop.
8,312), SE Iowa, on Mo. state line (S);  Bloomfield; 40°45'N
92°24'W. Stock-raising (sheep, hogs, cattle, poultry) and agr. (corn,
soybeans, hay) area, drained by Des Moines, Fox, North Fabius, and
Wyaconda rivers; bituminous-coal deposits mined in NE. Includes L.
Wapello State Park in NW and 3 small units of Stephens State Forrest
also in NW. Formed 1843.
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