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Place Name
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Green River
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Sweetwater County
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Population
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12,711 (1990)
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Location
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Sweetwater County, Wyoming (WY), United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°31'N
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Longitude
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109°28'W
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Green River
, city (1990 pop. 12,711),  Sweetwater co.,
SW Wyo., on Green R., near mouth of Bitter Creek and just above
headwaters of Flaming Gorge Reservoir,
13 mi/21 km WSW of Rock Springs; 41°31'N
109°28'W. Elev. c.6,100 ft/1,859 m. RR
center; shipping center for sheep and cattle in forest and agr. area.
Mfg. (printing and publishing, consumer goods, bldg. materials). Trona
mining, source of soda ash. Starting point of John Wesley Powell
expedition (1869). Flaming Gorge Natl. Recreation Area to S (visitors'
center in town). Developed with arrival of RR. Founded 1868 near
Overland stage route; inc. 1891.
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