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Place Name
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Mississippi County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Blytheville and Osceola
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Population
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57,525 (1990)
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Location
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Arkansas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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35°45'N
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Longitude
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90°02'W
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Mississippi
, county (
919 sq mi/2,380 sq km; 1990 pop.
57,525), NE Ark.;  Blytheville and Osceola; 35°45'N 90°02'W.
Bounded N by Mo. line, E by Mississippi R.; drained by East Hand and
West Hand Chutes of Little R. Agr. (cattle, hogs; cotton, soybeans,
sorghum, wheat, rice); timber. Industries at Blytheville and Osceola.
Hampson Mus. State Park at Wilson in E; Big Lake Natl. Wildlife Refuge
and Wildlife Management Area in N. Formed 1833.
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