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Place Name
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Gregg County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Longview
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Population
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104,948 (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°28'N
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Longitude
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94°48'W
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Gregg
, county (
276 sq mi/715 sq km; 1990 pop.
104,948), E Texas;  Longview; 32°28'N 94°48'W. Drained by
Sabine R. (forms part of E boundary). In huge E Texas oil field
(discovered 1930); a leading oil-producing co. of Texas. Also natural
gas, sand and gravel, clay; timber; agr. (livestock); racehorses.
Longview, Kilgore, Gladewater are industrial centers. L. Cherokee
reservoir on S boundary. Formed 1873.
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