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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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Capital is
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Grand Rapids
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Population
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500,631 (1990)
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Location
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Michigan, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°01'N
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Longitude
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85°32'W
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Kent
, county (
872 sq mi/2,258 sq km; 1990 pop.
500,631), SW Mich.; 43°01'N 85°32'W;  Grand Rapids.
Intersected by Grand R. and drained by Flat, Rogue, and Thornapple
rivers. Fruit growing (apples, peaches); also agr. (wheat, oats,
barley, soybeans, cucumbers, onions, corn, potatoes, beans; cattle,
hogs, sheep; dairy prods.); mfg. at Grand Rapids. Gypsum quarries,
gravel pits. Numerous lakes in NE ¼. Has a state fish
hatchery. Pando and Cannonsburg ski areas at co. center; SW quandrant
of co. is highly urbanized by city of Grand Rapids and its suburbs.
Organized 1836.
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