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Place Name
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Sampson County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Clinton
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Population
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47,297 (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°59'N
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Longitude
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78°22'W
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Sampson
, county (
947 sq mi/2,453 sq km; 1990 pop.
47,297), SE central N.C.;  Clinton; 34°59'N 78°22'W. Bounded
W and SW by South R.; drained by Black R. and Great Coharrie and Six
Run creeks. Coastal plain agr. (wheat, oats, barley, soybeans, peanuts,
sorghum, hay, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tobacco, corn, cotton;
chickens, turkeys, hogs, cattle); timber (pine, gum) area. Mfg. at
Clinton. Formed 1784.
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