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Place Name
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Onslow County
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Pronunciation
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AHNZ-lo
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Jacksonville
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Population
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149,838 (1990)
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Location
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North Carolina, United States, North America
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Latitude
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34°42'N
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Longitude
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77°24'W
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Onslow
(AHNZ-lo), county (
908 sq mi/2,352 sq km; 1990 pop.
149,838), E N.C., on the Atlantic;  Jacksonville; 34°42'N
77°24'W. Bounded S by Atlantic Ocean, NE by White Oak R. Intracoastal
Waterway channel parallels coast (SE). Drained by New R., New R.
estuary indents co. from SE. Heavily forested and partly swampy
tidewater area. Agr. area (tobacco, corn, wheat, cotton, soybeans, hay,
sweet potatoes). Some mfg. at Jacksonville. Fishing. U.S. Camp Lejeune
(Marine base) in SE. Catherine L. in NW; Hammocks Beach State Park on
Atlantic in E; part of Hoffmann Forest in N; part of Topsail
Isl, beach resort area in S. Formed 1734.
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