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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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Jackson
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Population
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149,756 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°15'N
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Longitude
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84°25'W
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Jackson
, county (
723 sq mi/1,873 sq km; 1990 pop.
149,756), S Mich.;  Jackson; 42°15'N 84°25'W. Drained by
Grand and Raisin rivers and headstreams of the Kalamazoo. Agr. (forage
crops, corn, hay, apples, soybean, wheat, oats; cattle, hogs, sheep,
dairy prods.); mfg. at Jackson. Contains many small lakes (fishing,
swimming), in E ½ of co. Organized 1832.
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