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Place Name
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Monroe County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Sparta
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Population
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36,633 (1990)
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Location
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Wisconsin, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°57'N
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Longitude
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90°37'W
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Monroe
, county
( 908 sq mi/2,352 sq km;
1990 pop. 36,633), W central Wis.;  Sparta; 43°57'N 90°37'W.
Dairying and farming area (tobacco, cranberries, corn, soybeans,
alfalfa, hay; cattle); timber. Processing of dairy prods., lumber.
Drained by Lemonweir, Black (bounds NW corner), La Crosse, and Kickapoo
rivers. Part of Central Wis. Conservation Area in NE corner. Fort McCoy
Military Reserve in N center. Mill Bluff State Park on E
boundary. Formed 1854.
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