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Place Name
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Marshall County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Benton
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Population
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27,205 (1990)
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Location
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Kentucky, United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°52'N
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Longitude
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88°21'W
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Marshall
, county (
340 sq mi/881 sq km; 1990 pop.
27,205), W Ky.;  Benton; 36°52'N 88°21'W. Bounded N and E by
Tennessee R., forms Kentucky L. reservoir on E (Kentucky Dam); drained
by East and West forks of Clarks R. Agr. area (corn, dark and burley
tobacco, alfalfa, hay, soybeans, wheat, corn; hogs, cattle); timber;
clay pits. Mfg. at Benton and Calvert City. Includes Kentucky Dam State
Resort Park in NE. Formed 1842.
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