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Place Name
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Ochiltree County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Perryton
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Population
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9,128 (1990)
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Location
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Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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36°16'N
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Longitude
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100°48'W
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Ochiltree
, county (
918 sq mi/2,378 sq km; 1990 pop.
9,128), extreme N Texas, on Okla. (N) state line;  Perryton;
36°16'N 100°48'W. On high plains of the Panhandle; elev.
c.2,600 ft/792 m-3,100 ft/945 m.
Drained by Wolf and Kiowa creeks, tributaries of the North Canadian R.
A leading wheat-producing co. of U.S.; also cattle ranching; sheep,
hogs, horses; cotton, wheat, sorghum; oil and gas, gypsum, sand and
gravel, clay. Formed 1876.
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