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Place Name
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Dawson County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Glendive
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Population
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9,505 (1990)
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Location
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Montana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°16'N
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Longitude
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104°54'W
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Dawson
, county (
2,383 sq mi/6,172 sq km; 1990
pop. 9,505), E Mont.;  Glendive; 47°16'N 104°54'W. Agr.
region drained by Yellowstone R. Wheat, barley, oats, hay, corn, beans,
sugar beets, potatoes; cattle, sheep, hogs; poultry (chickens, geese,
ducks, turkeys). Oil field (NW) discovered 1951. Makoshika State Park
in SE center; rare paddle fish are found in the Yellowstone R.;
dinosaur fossils incl. triceratops. Formed 1869, present boundaries
est. 1919.
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