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Place Name
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Pike County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Pittsfield
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Population
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17,577 (1990)
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Location
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Illinois, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°37'N
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Longitude
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90°53'W
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Pike
, county (
848 sq mi/2,196 sq km; 1990 pop.
17,577), W Ill.;  Pittsfield; 39°37'N 90°53'W. Bounded W and
SW by Mississippi R. and E by Illinois R.; drained by small Bay and
McCraney creeks. Agr. (corn, wheat, hay, sorghum, apples, cattle,
hogs). Some mfg. (flour; cheese and other dairy prods.). Includes Upper
Mississippi Wildlife Refuge, on the Mississippi and Ray Norbut State
Fish and Wildlife Area, on the Ill. Formed 1821.
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