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Place Name
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Strafford County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Dover
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Population
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104,233 (1990)
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Location
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New Hampshire, United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°17'N
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Longitude
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71°01'W
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Strafford
, county (
383 sq mi/992 sq km; 1990 pop.
104,233), SE N.H., on Maine (E) border (Salmon Falls and Piscataqua
rivers);  Dover; 43°17'N 71°01'W. Bordered SSE by Great Bay.
Agr. (apples, vegetables, corn, hay, nursery crops; cattle; dairying);
timber; sand and gravel. Univ. of N.H. at Durham in SE. Drained by
Cocheco, Bellamy, Isinglass, Lamprey, Oyster, and Berry's rivers.
Northeast and Milton ponds (Salmon Falls R.) on border in NE;
Merrymeeting L. and Powder Mill Fish Hatchery in NW; Bow L. in SW; Blue
Hills Range, including Blue Job Mt.
(1,356 ft/413 m) in W. Formed 1769.
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