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Place Name
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Jackson County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Murphysboro
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Population
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61,067 (1990)
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Location
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Illinois, United States, North America
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Latitude
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37°46'N
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Longitude
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89°21'W
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Jackson
, county (
602 sq mi/1,559 sq km; 1990 pop.
61,067), SW Ill.;  Murphysboro; 37°46'N 89°21'W. Bounded SW
by Mississippi R.; drained by Big Muddy and Little Muddy rivers and
Beaucoup Creek. Carbondale (with Southern Illinois Univ.) is dominant
city, in E part. Agr. area (wheat, sorghum, fruit, cattle; dairying),
with some mfg. (wood prods., paper prods., fabricated metal prods.).
Bituminous coal mining. Includes part of Shawnee Natl. Forest and Lake
Murphysboro and Grant City State Parks, also L. Kincaid and Ceder L.
reservoirs. Formed 1816.
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