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Place Name
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Delta County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Population
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37,780 (1990)
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Location
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Dickinson County, Michigan (MI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°46'N
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Longitude
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86°52'W
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Delta
, county (
1,991 sq mi/5,157 sq km; 1990
pop. 37,780), S Upper Peninsula, Mich.;  Escanaba. Bounded S by
L. Michigan and arms (Big Bay De Noc, Little Bay De Noc) of Green Bay;
45°46'N 86°52'W. Drained by Ford, Escanaba, and Whitefish rivers
and small Days R. Lumbering, dairying. Agr. (beans, barley, oats,
potatoes; cattle, hogs, poultry). Mfg. at Escanaba and Gladstone. Ships
grain. Resorts. Part of Hiawatha Natl. Forest in E ⅔;
Gladstone Ski Area near Gladstone; Fayette State Park in SE on Garden
Peninsula. W boundary W Dickinson co., marks Central and Eastern time
zone boundary; Delta co. is in Eastern time zone. Organized 1861.
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