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Place Name
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Ross County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Chillicothe
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Population
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69,330 (1990)
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Location
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Ohio, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°21'N
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Longitude
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83°04'W
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Ross
, county (
687 sq mi/1,779 sq km; 1990 pop.
69,330), S Ohio;  Chillicothe; 39°21'N 83°04'W. Intersected
by Scioto R. and by Paint, Deer, and small Walnut and Salt creeks.
Includes Mound City Group Natl. Monument. In the Glaciated Plains,
Unglaciated Plains, and Till Plains physiographic regions. Farming
(corn, soybeans); hog and cattle raising; dairying. Mfg. at Chillicothe
(paper mills, motor vehicle bodies). Sand, gravel pits. Formed
1798.
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