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Place Name
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Kay County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Newkirk
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Population
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48,056 (1990)
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Location
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Oklahoma, United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°48'N
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Longitude
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97°08'W
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Kay
, county (
945 sq mi/2,448 sq km; 1990 pop.
48,056), N Okla.;  Newkirk; 36°48'N 97°08'W. Bounded N by
Kansas line, bounded in SE by Arkansas R. (Kaw L. reservoir in E);
intersected by Arkansas and Chikaskia rivers and by the Salt Fork of
Arkansas R. Includes L. Ponca in E. Agr. (wheat, barley, sorghum,
alfalfa, soybeans); dairying; cattle, sheep. Mfg. at Ponca City,
Blackwell, and Tonkawa. Oil and natural gas wells; extensive petroleum
refining. Formed 1893.
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