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Place Name
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Emmet County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Petoskey
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Population
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25,040 (1990)
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Location
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Charlevoix County, Michigan (MI), United States, North America
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Latitude
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45°34'N
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Longitude
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84°58'W
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Emmet
, county (
882 sq mi/2,284 sq km; 1990 pop.
25,040), NW Mich.;  Petoskey. Bounded W by Little Traverse Bay
and L. Michigan, N by the Straits of Mackinac; 45°34'N 84°58'W;
drained by small Maple R. Agr. (dairy prods.; potatoes; cattle,
poultry). Mfg. at Petoskey. Sawmills, fisheries. Year-round resorts
(hiking, fishing, camping, winter sports). Includes Wycamp, Pickerel,
Crooked, and Paradise lakes; Walloon L. in SW, forms part of boundary
bet. W Charlevoix co.; Wilderness State Park in N, Fort Michilimackinac
State Park in NE corner, Petoskey State Park at Bay View. Organized
1853.
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