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Place Name
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Kent County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Population
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110,993 (1990)
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Location
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Delaware, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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75°33'W
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Kent
, county (
800 sq mi/2,072 sq km; 1990 pop.
110,993), central Del.; 39°'06N 75°33'W. Level coastal plain, with
some marshland; bounded N in part by Smyrna R., W by Md. state line, S
in part by Mispillion R., E by Delaware R. and Delaware Bay (both N.J.
state line); drained by Leipsic, Choptank, Murderkill, and St. Jones
rivers and Marshyhope Creek. Agr. (corn, vegetables, wheat, fruit;
poultry; dairying); fishing; oysters; fruit and vegetable canning;
processing of dairy prods.; mfg. at Dover. Dover Air Force Base is
here. Killen's Pond State Park in S center. Woodland Beach Wildlife
Area, Bombay Hook Natl. Wildlife Area, Little Creek Wildlife Area,
Harvey Conservation Area, Milford Neck Widlife Area are all in E (N to
S); Blackiston Wildlife Area in NW; N.G. Wilder Wildlife Area in SW.
Formed 1683.
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