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Place Name
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Franklin County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Union
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Population
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80,603 (1990)
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Location
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Missouri, United States, North America
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Latitude
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38°26'N
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Longitude
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91°04'W
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Franklin
, county (
932 sq mi/2,414 sq km; 1990 pop.
80,603), E central Mo.;  Union; 38°26'N 91°04'W. Missouri R.
on N; drained by the Meramec R. Wheat, corn, soybeans, hay, vegetables;
dairying; cattle, hogs, horses, mules; lumber prods.; fire clay,
limestone. Part of St. Louis metropolitan area in E half of county;
scattered residential lake developments. Mfg. at Union, Washington (WA), New
Haven, Berger, Gerald, St. Clair, Sullivan, and Pacific. Meramec
Caverns at Stanton; Meramec State Park and State Forest in S.
Robertsville State Park in E. Major Ger. settlement 1830s-1860s.
Formed 1818.
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