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Place Name
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Stephens County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Breckenridge
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Population
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9,010 (1990)
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Location
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Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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32°44'N
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Longitude
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98°50'W
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Stephens
, county (
921 sq mi/2,385 sq km; 1990 pop.
9,010), N central Texas;  Breckenridge; 32°44'N 98°50'W.
Drained by Clear Fork of Brazos R. and Sandy, Hubbard and Gonzales
creeks. Diversified agr. (wheat, oats, grain sorghum, peanuts, pecans;
cotton); livestock raising (cattle, goats, sheep, hogs, horses). Oil,
natural-gas wells. Part of Possum Kingdom L. (recreation) is in NE,
Possum Kingdom State Park on E border; Hubbard Creek Reservoir in W, L.
Daniel reservoir in S. Formed 1858; renamed from Buchanan, 1861.
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