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Place Name
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Vance County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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Henderson
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Population
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38,892 (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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36°21'N
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Longitude
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78°24'W
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Vance
, county (
269 sq mi/697 sq km; 1990 pop.
38,892), N N.C.;  Henderson; 36°21'N 78°24'W. Bounded N by
Va. state line, S by Tar R. Piedmont tobacco and timber area; tungsten
deposits (mined near Henderson); timber. Agr. area (corn, wheat,
soybeans, hay, tobacco; cattle). Mfg. at Henderson. Kerr L. State
Recreation Area in N, on large S arm of Kerr Reservoir, which extends
out of Va. Formed 1881.
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