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Place Name
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Sullivan County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Sullivan
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Population
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18,993 (1990)
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Location
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Indiana, United States, North America
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Latitude
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39°05'N
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Longitude
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87°25'W
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Sullivan
, county (
454 sq mi/1,176 sq km; 1990 pop.
18,993), SW Ind.;  Sullivan; 39°05'N 87°25'W. Bounded W by
Wabash R., here forming Ill. state line; drained by small Busseron,
Turman, and Maria creeks. Agr. (corn, wheat, soybeans, fruit, melons;
livestock); bituminous-coal mines, sand and gravel; oil and natural-gas
wells; timber. Mfg. at Sullivan and Farmersburg. Part of
Greene-Sullivan State Forest in SE; part of Shakamak State Park in NE.
Formed 1816.
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