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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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Farmington
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Population
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187,941 (1990)
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Location
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Utah, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°00'N
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Longitude
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112°07'W
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Davis
, county (
633 sq mi/1,639 sq km; 1990 pop.
187,941), N Utah;  Farmington; 41°00'N 112°07'W. Irrigated
agr. area; includes part of SE corner of Great Salt L. (with Antelope
Isl.) and Antelope Isl. State Park in W and part of Wasatch Range and
Wasatch Natl. Forest in E. Apples; alfalfa, wheat, barley, hay; sugar
beets, cherries, peaches, berries, apricots, vegetables; cattle, sheep;
food processing; gravel, coal, salt. Hill Air Force Base in N. Howard
Slough and Farmington Bay Wildlife Management areas on Great Salt L.
shore. Causeway extended from Syracuse to Antelope Isl. built early
1990s. Highly urbanized area bet. Salt Lake City (S) and Ogden (N);
numerous communities have grown rapidly in 1970s through 1990s; agr.
remains important. Smallest co. in Utah, 3rd largest in pop. Formed
1850.
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