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Place Name
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Del Norte County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Crescent City
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Population
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23,460 (1990)
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Location
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California, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°45'N
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Longitude
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123°58'W
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Del Norte
, county (
1,008 sq mi/2,611 sq km; 1990
pop. 23,460), NW Calif.;  Crescent City; 41°45'N 123°58'W.
Bounded N by Oregon state line, W by Pacific Ocean; mountainous
(Siskiyou and Klamath mts.), except for narrow coastal strip. Drained
by Smith R. (NW), Klamath R. (SW). Includes part of Six Rivers Natl.
Forest in all but coastal strip in W. Site of Smith R., Crescent City,
and Lower Klamath Indian reservations. Redwood trees are preserved in
Jedidiah Smith Redwoods and Del Norte Coast redwoods state parks in W
center. Lumbering and sawmilling (especially redwood); timber;
dairying; cattle; grapes, apples, asparagus, tomatoes, walnuts; nursery
stock; mining (silver, gold), quarrying (sand and gravel). Ocean
fisheries (salmon, halibut, sole, crabs). Game fishing (salmon,
steelhead, trout) and hunting attract vacationers. Processing
industries (lumber, fish, dairy prods.). Pelican State Beach in NW
corner; part of Redwood Natl. Park in W and SW, along coast. Formed
1857.
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