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Place Name
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Howard County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Cresco, located at E end of County
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Population
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9,809 (1990)
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Location
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Iowa, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°21'N
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Longitude
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92°19'W
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Howard
, county (
473 sq mi/1,225 sq km; 1990 pop.
9,809), NE Iowa, on Minn. line (N);  Cresco, located at E end of
co.; 43°21'N 92°19'W. Rolling prairie agr. area (hogs, cattle,
poultry; corn, oats; dairying) drained by Upper Iowa, Wapsipinicon, and
Turkey rivers. Limestone quarries, sand and gravel pits. Hayden Prairie
State Preserve in NW; Lidtke Mill in N, near Lime Springs. Formed 1851.
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