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Place Name
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Louisa County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Wapello
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Population
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11,592 (1990)
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Location
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Iowa, United States, North America
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Latitude
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41°13'N
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Longitude
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91°15'W
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Louisa
, county (
417 sq mi/1,080 sq km; 1990 pop.
11,592), SE Iowa, on Ill. state line (to E; here formed by Mississippi
R.);  Wapello; 41°13'N 91°15'W. Prairie agr. area (cattle,
hogs, poultry; corn, oats, wheat, soybeans) drained by Iowa R. Fertile
E sect. (bet. the Iowa and the Mississippi) is artificially drained
(pumping stations, ditches). Gypsum and limestone quarries. Lock and
Dam No. 17 above Toolesburg. Mark Twain State Wildlife Refuge in E;
Toolesburg Indian Mounds in SE near Miss. R. Widespread flooding in
1993. Formed 1836.
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