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Place Name
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Polk County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Crookston
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Population
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32,498 (1990)
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Location
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Minnesota, United States, North America
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Latitude
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47°45'N
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Longitude
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96°35'W
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Polk
, county (
1,997 sq mi/5,172 sq km; 1990
pop. 32,498), NW Minn.;  Crookston; 47°45'N 96°35'W. Agr.
area bounded W by Red R. of the North (N.Dak. boundary) and drained by
Poplar, Sand Hill, and Red L. rivers. Wheat, hay, alfalfa, oats,
barley, sugar beets, soybeans, beans, sunflowers, potatoes; cattle,
poultry, sheep, hogs; dairying. Large White Earth Indian Reservation
bounds co. to SE. Formed 1858.
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