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Place Name
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Gaines County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Seminole
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Population
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14,123 (1990)
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Location
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Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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32°44'N
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Longitude
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102°38'W
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Gaines
, county (
1,502 sq mi/3,890 sq km; 1990
pop. 14,123), NW Texas;  Seminole; 32°44'N 102°38'W. Bounded
W by N.Mex.; on the Llano Estacado. Elev.
c.3,000 ft/914 m. Drained by Seminole Draw and
McKenzie Draw. Cattle ranching; oil and some natural gas; sodium
sulphate; agr. (major cotton and peanut producer, also sorghum,
vegetables, grains); hogs, sheep. Cedar L. is in E. Formed 1876.
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