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Place Name
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Glenn County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Willows
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Population
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24,798 (1990)
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Location
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California, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°36'N
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Longitude
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122°23'W
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Glenn
, county (
1,315 sq mi/3,406 sq km; 1990
pop. 24,798), N central Calif.;  Willows; 39°36'N 122°23'W.
E part is in Sacramento Valley; rises in W to Coast Ranges, where
highest point in co. (Black Butte) is
7,450 ft/2,271 m. Part of E boundary formed by
Butte Creek. Livestock (cattle, sheep); dairying; irrigated farming
(sugar beets, rice, corn, beans, barley, olives, almonds, walnuts,
pistachios, prunes, honey, citrus); timber. Waterfowl, pheasant, deer
hunting. Includes part of Mendocino Natl. Forest (W). Watered by
Sacramento R. (forms part of E boundary). Part of Sacramento Natl.
Wildlife Refuge is in SE; Stone George Reservoir in W center, Black
Butte Reservoir on N boundary, both on Stony Creek. Tehuma Colusa Canal
crosses co. N-S in center. Formed 1891.
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